Genesis 39
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Summary
Joseph goes into Egypt and is sold to Potiphar as a slave. He works in Potiphar's home and the Lord prospers him. Potiphar's wife makes advances towards Joseph, but he refuses. He flees from Potiphar's wife, but she convinces Potiphar that Joseph tried to lie with her. Potiphar throws Joseph into pharaoh's prison, but the Lord protects him and makes him prosper.
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Further Reading
Matthew L. Bowen, “’Their Anger Did Increase Against Me’: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 23 (2017): 115–136.
Joseph Fielding McConkie, “Joseph of Egypt: Joseph, Son of Jacob,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:760–761.
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