B'resheet (Gen) 39
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1(v) Yosef was brought down to Egypt, and Potifar, an officer of Pharaoh’s and captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Yishma‘elim who had brought him there. 2Adonai was with Yosef, and he became wealthy while he was in the household of his master the Egyptian. 3His master saw how Adonai was with him, that Adonai prospered everything he did. 4Yosef pleased him as he served him, and his master appointed him manager of his household; he entrusted all his possessions to Yosef. 5From the time he appointed him manager of his household and all his possessions, Adonai blessed the Egyptian’s household for Yosef’s sake; Adonai’s blessing was on all he owned, whether in the house or in the field. 6So he left all his possessions in Yosef’s care; and because he had him, he paid no attention to his affairs, except for the food he ate.
Now Yosef was well-built and handsome as well. (vi) 7In time, the day came when his master’s wife took a look at Yosef and said, “Sleep with me!” 8But he refused, saying to his master’s wife, “Look, because my master has me, he doesn’t know what’s going on in this house. He has put all his possessions in my charge. 9In this house I am his equal; he hasn’t withheld anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” 10But she kept pressing him, day after day. Nevertheless, he didn’t listen to her; he refused to sleep with her or even be with her.
11However, one day, when he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men living in the house was there indoors, 12she grabbed him by his robe and said, “Sleep with me!” But he fled, leaving his robe in her hand, and got himself outside. 13When she saw that he had left his robe in her hand and had escaped, 14she called the men of her house and said to them, “Look at this! My husband brought in a Hebrew to make fools of us. He came in and wanted to sleep with me, but I yelled out loudly. 15When he heard me yelling like that, he left his robe with me and ran out.” 16She put the robe aside until his master came home. 17Then she said to him, “This Hebrew slave you brought us came in to make a fool of me. 18But when I yelled out, he left his robe with me and fled outside.” 19When his master heard what his wife said as she showed him, “Here’s what your slave did to me,” he became furious. 20Yosef’s master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king’s prisoners were kept; and there he was in the prison.
21But Adonai was with Yosef, showing him grace and giving him favor in the sight of the prison warden. 22The prison warden made Yosef supervisor of all the prisoners in the prison; so that whatever they did there, he was in charge of it. 23The prison warden paid no attention to anything Yosef did, because Adonai was with him; and whatever he did, Adonai prospered.
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José y la esposa de Potifar
1Cuando José llegó a Egipto, fue vendido por los ismaelitas a Potifar, que era un egipcio muy importante, ya que era el capitán de la guardia personal del faraón. 2El Señor bendijo mucho a José en la casa de su amo, de modo que tenía éxito en todo lo que emprendía. 3Potifar comprendió que el Señor estaba con José de una manera muy especial. 4Por supuesto, José llegó a ser su persona de confianza. Pronto estuvo a cargo de la administración de la hacienda y todos los negocios de Potifar. 5Inmediatamente, Dios comenzó a bendecir a Potifar, por amor a José. Todos los asuntos de su hacienda comenzaron a prosperar, sus cosechas aumentaron y se multiplicó su ganado. 6Por esa razón, Potifar le entregó a José la responsabilidad de administrar todas sus posesiones. Potifar no tenía nada de qué preocuparse, sino de comer.
Además de las cualidades mencionadas, José era un joven bien parecido. 7Un día la mujer de Potifar comenzó a fijarse en José, se enamoró de él y lo invitó a tener relaciones sexuales con ella. 8Pero José se rehusó a hacerlo, y le dijo:
―Señora, mi amo confía en mí en todo lo relacionado con su hacienda; 9él me ha dado toda su autoridad. No me ha prohibido ninguna cosa. Solamente sobre usted yo no tengo ningún derecho, pues usted es su esposa. ¿Cómo podría yo hacerle una maldad tan grande como esta? Sería un pecado muy grande contra Dios.
10Pero ella continuó con sus insinuaciones día tras día, a pesar de que él se negaba y evitaba en todo lo posible encontrarse con ella a solas. 11Un día, mientras José estaba haciendo sus quehaceres en la casa, ella aprovechó que no había nadie más en la casa, 12lo agarró de la túnica y le ordenó:
―¡Acuéstate conmigo!
Él salió corriendo, pero ella logró echarle mano del manto y se lo quitó. 13Cuando ella vio el manto de José en sus manos, y que él había huido, 14-15comenzó a gritar. Cuando los otros hombres que estaban cerca llegaron corriendo para ver lo que ocurría, ella comenzó a gritar histéricamente.
―¡Mi marido tenía que traer a ese esclavo hebreo para que nos insultara! —dijo llorando—. Trató de violarme, pero cuando grité, huyó y olvidó llevarse el manto.
16Ella guardó el manto, y cuando Potifar regresó a casa esa noche, 17le dijo:
―¡El esclavo hebreo que tienes aquí quiso violarme, 18y solamente mis gritos me salvaron! ¡Al salir corriendo se le quedó su manto!
19Cuando Potifar oyó esto, se enfureció. 20Tomó preso a José y lo echó en la cárcel donde tenían encadenados a los prisioneros del rey. 21Pero el Señor estuvo con José también allí y le mostró su amor, permitiendo que se ganara la confianza del carcelero. 22El hecho es que el carcelero pronto le entregó el cuidado de los prisioneros y lo dejó a cargo de todo lo demás que se hacía en la cárcel. 23Por eso, el carcelero ya no se preocupaba de nada, porque José tenía cuidado de cada cosa y el Señor hacía que todas las cosas le salieran bien.
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