The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.
Genesis 39:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But he refused. ‘Look,’ he said to his master’s wife, ‘with me here my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has put all that he owns under my authority. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But he refused and said to his master's wife, See here, with me in the house my master has concern about nothing; he has put all that he has in my care. American Standard Version (1901) But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand: Common English Bible He refused and said to his master’s wife, “With me here, my master doesn’t pay attention to anything in his household; he’s put everything he has under my supervision. Catholic Public Domain Version And without consenting at all to the wicked act, he said to her: "Behold, my lord has delivered all things to me, and he does not know what he has in his own house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he, in no wise consenting to that wicked act, said to her: Behold, my master hath delivered all things to me, and knoweth not what he hath in his own house. |
The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.
Joseph found favour with his master and became his personal attendant. Potiphar also put him in charge of his household and placed all that he owned under his authority.
One with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
So it is with the one who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a wayward woman with her flattering talk.