1 Meanwhile, IshmaEl-ite slave-traders drag Joseph {Increaser} down to Egypt, π. They sell him to Potiphar {Ambassador-Of-Ra}, one of Pharaoh's Egyptian officers (a captain of the [royal] guard).
2 But YHVH [sticks] with Joseph {Increaser}. Joseph becomes a prosperous man while living [and working as a slave] in the estate of his master, the Egyptian [war-leader]. Slavery is not an ideal condition. But it's not the end of the world. People are obsessed with ending slavery. Yet slavery is a natural condition of life on earth. Cruel, inescapable slavery, however, is not lawful. | General Puts Joseph In Charge of His Estate | 3 Joseph's master [the Captain] sees that YHVH [sticks] with Joseph, and that YHVH prospers everything to which [Joseph] puts his hand, π.
4 So Joseph {Increaser} finds favor in his [slave-owner's] sight. [Joseph cheerfully and diligently] serves [the Captain]. So [the Captain] makes Joseph overseer over his household, π. [The captain] entrusts all his [vast] possessions to Joseph! 5 [Like magic,] from the time the Egyptian [Captain] makes Joseph {Increaser} overseer in charge of his house and all his possessions, YHVH blesses [the Captain's] household, π. The blessings of YHVH [rain down from heaven], enriching [everyone and] everything the Captain has in his house and his fields. 6 So [the Captain] leaves all he owns in Joseph's power, π. The Captain pays no attention to his inventory of possessions, except for the food he eats. [The problem isβ¦] Joseph is well-built and handsome. The Captain pays attention to his food because Egyptians don't eat with despised Hebrews. | General's Slut Wife Tries To Seduce Joseph | 7 Time passes, π. Joseph's master's wife casts her [pretty little slut] eyes on Joseph. She whispers, βLay with me.β Shakab me. Egyptian women integrate into society. They are forward and commanding.8 But Joseph {Increaser} refuses [to commit adultery with the General's hot wife]. [Joseph] answers [the slut], βLook, my master doesn't know what's [going on] in this house; he's committed everything he has into my authority. Joseph shows his high moral character by refusing to sleep with this gorgeous, powerful woman.9 There's no higher-ranking [worker] in this estate than I. [The Captain] has held back nothing from me, except you [of course,] because you're his wife. So how could I wreak this great wickedness? [Why would I] sin against Elohim [by having an affair with you]?β By refusing to commit adultery, Joseph morally earns the rights of the firstborn, which Reuben, Israel's actual firstborn, lost because he bedded his Dad's mistress. See 1Chr 5:2.10 But [the Captain's wife] keeps pressuring Joseph {Increaser}, day after day [to fornicate with her]. Yet Joseph [refuses to] listen to the high-class slut's [seductive snake-words, π]. He refuses to sleep with her or even be with her. Never go behind closed doors with anyone of the opposite sex, unless you're married to them. | Slut-Wife Frames Joseph On Bogus Rape Charge | 11 But pretty soon, Joseph {Increaser} [has to] go into the house to do his work, π. That day [the sneaky slut sends] all of the men of the house outside. Mistake! Stay out of anywhere you might be alone with a tempter. Always take a buddy as a witness and for moral support.12 [Joseph sneaks into the house quiet as a mouse, hoping the slut won't see him. Out of nowhere, the Captain's wife slithers up behind] Joseph. She catches him by his cloak, π! She begs, βBed down with me!β Joseph [jumps]. He leaves his cloak in [the slut's] hand. He sprints [and hides] outside, [where he should have stayed].13 The [Captain's wife] looks down. [Her eyes well with rejection, π.] She sees in her hands [Joseph's] cloak, [the proof of her failed attempt to seduce her husband's slave]. She sees [Joseph, the slave who spurned her] running outside. [She fears Joseph will tell her husband she's a slut, and then her husband will murder her.]14 [So the Captain's wife] calls to the men of her house. [She puts on her best innocent girl face.] Then, π, she addresses the men, crying, βLook! [My beloved husband the Captain] imported a [lowdown] Hebrew into our [fine Egyptian] estate to make fools out of us! [Joseph] invaded my [bedroom] to [rape] me. But I screamed at the top of my lungs! 15 And when Joseph {Increaser} heard me screaming [βrape!β], he abandoned his cloak with me and fled outside.β 16 The [lying slut] locks away Joseph's robe [as incriminating evidence]. Then Joseph's slave-master, [the Captain] comes home, π. A cloak covered the sins of Joseph's brothers. And the cloak covers the slut's sin.17 The General's wife tells him all her [devilish lies:] She cries, βThat Hebrew servant (you imported into our home) broke into my [bedroom] to shame me! | | | |