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After all that Joseph had to endure after his brothers had sold him to the Ishmaelites, he now finds himself in what seems a very fortunate position. For the Ishmaelites would travel and arrive at Egypt, in which -- Joseph was sold again. This time he would be sold to an Egyptian official who went by the name Potiphar. Considering Joseph hadn't done anything to be in this position, he would have had every right to be angry and bitter when itcame to the way that his life had turned out. But the dream interpreter would not go down that emotional path, for he preferred to stay true to the one true God. Because of his faithfulness, Joseph would continued to be highly favored by the Almighty God and success found him in all that he did. Potiphar the one who had purchase him, saw how God favored Joseph; and so therefore promoted him to be the overseer over all that he had. Now Joseph was a well kept man, for the scriptures tells us that he was well-built and handsome. It wouldn't be long before Potiphar's wife would begin to take notice of him. She began to pursue and try to tempt the dream interpreter: "Come to bed with me!" she asked him. But Joseph being the man that he was would refuse her advances: "With me in charge, my master doesn't concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. "No one is greater in this house 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?" he would tell her. But Potiphar's wife would ignore Joseph's reasoning and continue to pursue and try to tempt him. She would do this day by day, and each time Joseph would resist her advances. Now this speaks volumes on the type of man that Joseph was, for he was in a strange land around strange customs and religions - and yet he didn't compromise his beliefs and held true. He had the opportunity to sleep with perhaps a young and beautiful Egyptian woman, and yet he refused her - being that she was a married woman. Joseph had every opportunity to be lead astray, and yet he held firm. Then one day, we find that Joseph had entered into his master's house to tend to his duties. On this particular day, none of the household servants were inside - so therefore Joseph and Potiphar's wife were all alone. This time, Potiphar's wife would become more aggressive and grab Joseph by his cloak: "Come to bed with me!" she demanded. But Joseph resisted her again, but this time he would run off being that she had become so aggressive. Now Joseph had run off so fast, Potiphar's wife would still be holding his cloak. Needless to say, at this point she had become very angry and called the household servants over to her: "Look, this Hebrew has been brought to us to mock us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed. When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house," she told the house servants. A short while later, she would tell the story to her husband, and after he had heard all that she had to say; he became very angry. This would lead to him having Joseph thrown into the kings prison for what his wife had told him. The kings prison is where all the traitors and highest offenders would be sent for the crimes they have committed. Joseph is now sitting in the kings prison for a crime that he didn't commit.
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