Ioseph was brought vnto Egipte/ ãd Putiphar a lorde of Pharaos: ãd his
chefe marshall an Egiptian/ bought him of y^e Ismaelites which brought
hĩ thither And the LORde was with Ioseph/ and he was a luckie felowe
and continued in the house of his master the Egiptian. And his master
sawe that the LORde was with him and that the LORde made all that he
dyd prosper in his hande: Wherfore he founde grace in his masters
syghte/ and serued him. And his master made him ruelar of his house/
and put all that he had in his hande. And as soone as he had made him
ruelar ouer his house ãd ouer all that he had/ the LORde blessed this
Egiptians house for Iosephs sake/ and the blessynge of the LORde was
vpon all that he had: both in the house and also in the feldes. And
therfore he left all that he had in Iosephs hande/ and loked vpon
nothinge that was with him/ saue only on the bread which he ate. And
Ioseph was a goodly persone & a well favored
And it fortuned after this/ that his masters wife cast hir eyes vpon
Ioseph and sayde come lye with me. But he denyed and sayde to her:
Beholde/ my master woteth not what he hath in the house with me/ but
hath commytted all that he hath to my hande He him selfe is not
greatter in the house than I/ ãd hath kepte nothĩge frõ me/ but only
the because thou art his wife. How than can I do this great wykydnes/
for to synne agaynst God? And after this maner spake she to Ioseph
daye by daye: but he harkened not vnto her/ to slepe nere her or to be
in her company.
And it fortuned aboute the same season/ that Ioseph entred in to the
house/ to do his busynes: and there was none of the houshold by/ in
the house. And she caught him by the garment saynge: come slepe with
me. And he left his garment in hir hande ãd fled and gott him out When
she sawe that he had left his garmẽt in hir hande/ and was fled out/
she called vnto the men of the house/ and tolde them saynge: Se/ he
hath brought in an Hebrewe vnto vs to do vs shame. for he came in to
me/ for to haue slept wyth me. But I cried with a lowde voyce. And
when he harde/ that I lyfte vp my voyce and cryed/ he left his garment
with me and fled awaye and got him out.
And she layed vp his garment by her/ vntill hir lorde came home. And
she told him acordynge to these wordes saynge. This Hebrues servaunte
which thou hast brought vnto vs came in to me to do me shame. But as
soone as I lyft vp my voyce and cryed/ he left his garment with me and
fled out. When his master herde the woordes of his wyfe which she
tolde him saynge: after this maner dyd thy servaunte to me/ he waxed
wrooth.
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