Introduction
4. Joseph in Potiphar’s house ch. 39
Joseph experienced God’s blessing as he served faithfully in Potiphar’s house. His master’s wife repeatedly seduced him, but he refused her offers because he did not want to sin against God and betray Potiphar’s trust. Joseph continued to enjoy God’s abundant blessing even when imprisoned because of her false charge.
"Each scene in the record of Joseph’s life reveals some distinctive trait of character elicited by means of a crisis." [Note: Thomas, p. 369. Cf. James 1:2-4.]
"Rhetorically, the Joseph narrative often couples events, especially the double dreams of Joseph (chap. 37), the duo of the baker and butler (ch. 40), and the two dreams of Pharaoh (chap. 41). After the Judah-Tamar incident, chap. 39 provides the second story of a patriarch’s temptation by a married woman." [Note: Mathews, Genesis 11:27-50:26, p. 725.]
Both of the seductresses were not Israelites.
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