Genesis 39:2 - Exposition

And the Lord —Jehovah, as usual, because the entire chapter is the work of the Jehovist (Tuch, Colenso), with the exception of a few alterations by the redactor (Davidson), or because, though the work of the Elohist, it has been modified by the Jehovistic editor (Bleek, Vaihinger); but more likely because the advancement of Joseph in Egypt was a special fruit of the theocratic promise which belonged to the patriarchal family (Hengstenberg, Quarry)— was with Joseph (cf. Genesis 39:21 ; Genesis 21:20 ; Genesis 26:24 ; Genesis 28:15 ), and he was a prosperous man (literally, a man prospering ) ; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian— i.e. as a domestic servant.