Today is the 19th day of January. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is

great to be here with you on this 19th day of the brand new year and it's great to be

around the global campfire as we take the next step forward. The 19th step forward in the

Scriptures this year, which will lead us back into the book of Genesis and back into the story of

Joseph, who is one of the sons of Israel, one of Jacob's sons. And so let's dive in. We're

reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. Genesis, chapter 39 verse 1, through 41 verse 16.

Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt, an Egyptian named Potterfer, an officer of Pharaoh in the

captain of the guards bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. The Lord was with

Joseph and he became a successful man serving in the household of his Egyptian master. When his

master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful,

Joseph found favor with his master and became his personal attendant. Potterfer also put him in

charge of his household and placed all that he owned under his authority. From the time that he

put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house

because of Joseph. The Lord's blessing was on all that he owned in his house and in his fields.

He left all that he owned under Joseph's authority. He did not concern himself with anything

except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and handsome. After some time, his master's

wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, sleep with me, but he refused. Look, he said to his

master's wife, with me here my master does not concern himself with anything in his house and he

has put all that he owns under my authority. No one in this house is greater than I am. He has

withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil

and how could I sin against God? Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with

her. Now one day he went into the house to do his work and none of the household servants were there.

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