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F I R S T PA G E S

Genesis 38:2439:12
About t hree m
onths later Judah was told, Your daughter-in-law Tamar
is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.
Judah said, Bring her out and have her burned to death!
As she was being b
rought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law.
I am pregnant by the man who owns t hese, she said. And she added,
See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff t hese are.
Judah recognized them and said, She is more righteous than I, since I
wouldnt give her to my son Shelah. And he did not sleep with her again.
When the time came for her to give b
irth, there were twin boys in her
womb. As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the
midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his w
rist and said, This one
came out f irst. But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out,
and she said, So this is how you have broken out! And he was n
amed
a
Perez. Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came
out. And he was named Zerah.b
39 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who
was one of Pharaohs off icials, the captain of the guard, bought him from
the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the
house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was
with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Jo
seph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him
in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he
owned. From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all
that he o
wned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of
Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in
the h
ouse and in the f ield. So Potiphar left everything he had in Josephs
care; with Joseph in c harge, he did not concern himself with anything
except the food he ate.
Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a w
hile his masters
wife took notice of Joseph and said, Come to bed withme!
But he refused. With me in c harge, he told her, my master does not
concern himself with anything in the h
ouse; everything he owns he
has entrusted to my care. No one is greater in this h
ouse than I am. My
master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his
wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God? And
though she s poke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with
her or even be with her.
One day he went into the h
ouse to attend to his duties, and none of the
household servants was inside. She c aught him by his cloak and said,
Come to bed with me! But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of
the house.
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