Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife. Then after a time his master’s wife looked at Joseph with desire, and she said, “Lie with me.” Gen 39:7
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAME10NT
II. GOD AND THE CHOSEN FAMILY, Genesis 12-50
3. The History of Jacob’s Sons, Joseph and His Brothers
(2) Joseph’s Servitude in Egypt, Genesis 39-41
69. What enabled Joseph to resist the sharp temptation in Potiphar’s house?
JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR’S WIFE
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the [royal] guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.
The LORD was with Joseph, and he [even though a slave] became a successful and prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
Now his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused all that he did to prosper (succeed) in his hand. [Gen_21:22; Gen_26:27-28; Gen_41:38-39]
So Joseph pleased Potiphar and found favor in his sight and he served him as his personal servant. He made Joseph overseer over his house, and he put all that he owned in Joseph’s charge.
It happened that from the time that he made Joseph overseer in his house and [put him in charge] over all that he owned, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph; so the LORD’S blessing was on everything that Potiphar owned, in the house and in the field.
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s charge; and with Joseph there he did not [need to] pay attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome and attractive in form and appearance. [Gen_43:32]
Then after a time his master’s wife looked at Joseph with desire, and she said, “Lie with me.”
But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me in the house, my master does not concern himself with anything; he has put everything that he owns in my charge.
He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God [and your husband]?”
And so it was that she spoke to Joseph [persistently] day after day, but he did not listen to her [plea] to lie beside her or be with her.
Then it happened one day that Joseph went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the men of the household was there in the house.
She caught Joseph by his [outer] robe, saying, “Lie with me!” But he left his robe in her hand and ran, and got outside [the house].
When she saw that he had left his robe in her hand and had run outside,
she called to the men of her household and said to them, “Look at this, your master has brought a Hebrew [into the household] to mock and insult us; he came to me to lie with me, and I screamed.
When he heard me screaming, he left his robe with me and ran outside [the house].”
So she left Joseph’s [outer] robe beside her until his master came home.
Then she told her husband the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you brought among us, came to me to mock and insult me;
then as soon as I raised my voice and screamed, he left his robe with me and ran outside [the house].”
JOSEPH IN POTIPHAR’S HOUSE
Ungodly families and employers owe more than they realize to the presence in their homes and businesses of those who love God; for God comes with His servants. See Gen_39:2; Gen_39:21; Gen_39:23, and Act_7:9. But those who would enjoy that accompanying Presence must resist and overcome the appeals of the flesh. Days of outward prosperity are those in which we are most keenly tempted. The most venomous serpents coil in the damp heat of tropical forests. When temptation and opportunity meet, our case is hard indeed. At such times only God’s grace can hold us back. As temptation presents itself again and again, it gives us opportunities of continued growth in strength and grace. Joseph had probably wrought out his noble answer in his own secret heart, and had lived by it, weeks before he flashed it forth. In the critical hour the mouth blurts out what the heart has been meditating. They who can rule themselves will be presently trusted to rule others.
Comments by
WILLIAM MACDONALD
Believers Bible Commentary
On
Genesis 39:1-18
II. THE PATRIARCHS OF ISRAEL (Chaps. 12-50)
D. Joseph (37:1–50:26)
3. Joseph’s Test and Triumph (Chap. 39)
39:1-19 The story now returns to Egypt, where Joseph was appointed overseer in the house of Potiphar, . . . captain of the guard in Pharaoh’s palace. The LORD was with him and he became a successful man (Tyndale, in 1534, translated it, he was “a lucky fellow,” v. 2). Potiphar’s wife tried repeatedly to seduce Joseph, but he steadfastly refused. He would not betray his master’s confidence or sin against his God. One day she caught him by his garment. He squirmed out of it and fled, leaving her holding it. He lost his coat but saved his character and eventually gained a crown. She used the coat as “evidence” that Joseph had attempted to rape her.
Believers are taught to flee fornication, idolatry, and youthful lusts. Better to flee than to fall.
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