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thou
art
his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
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And it came to
pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her,
or
to be with
her.
11
And it came to pass about this time, that
Joseph
went into the house to do his business; and
there was
none of the men of the house there within.
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And she caught him by his garment, saying,
Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
13
And it came to pass,
when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
14
That she called unto
the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to
mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
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And it came to pass,
when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and
got him out.
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And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
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And she spake unto
him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came
in unto me to mock me:
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And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his
garment with me, and fled out.
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And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was
kindled.
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And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s
prisoners
were
bound: and he was there in the prison.
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But the L
ORD
was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of
the keeper of the prison.
22
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners
that
were
in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer
of it.
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The keeper of the
prison looked not to any thing
that was
under his hand; because the L
ORD
was with him, and
that
which he did, the L
ORD
made
it
to prosper.
CHAPTER 40
And it came to pass after these things,
that
the butler of the king of Egypt and
his
baker had offended
their lord the king of Egypt.
2
And Pharaoh was wroth against two
of
his officers, against the chief
of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
3
And he put them in ward in the house of the
captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph
was
bound.
4
And the captain of the
guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
5
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according
to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which
were
bound
in the prison.
6
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold,
they
were
sad.
7
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that
were
with him in the ward of his lord’s house,
saying, Wherefore look ye
so
sadly to day?
8
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream,
and
there is
no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them,
Do
not interpretations
belong
to God?
tell me
them,
I pray you.
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And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my
dream, behold, a vine
was
before me;
10
And in the vine
were
three branches: and it
was
as though
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