Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in house and field. So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate.
Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
Comment: We have wondered into the actions of Judah as he was involved in the early history of King David’s and Jesus’ forbears – the Royal Line I’m calling it. Meanwhile Joseph the favourite son of Jacob, brother to Judah, has been rescued from the deep dry pit, sold as a slave into Egypt, and become the possession of Potiphar, high up in the guards of the Pharaoh. He’s a handsome guy, God is blessing him as God prepares him for the future, and the house in which he is working is sharing that blessing. I can only advise ‘watch out for troubles, young man’!
Prayer: Reading how You work out the future for Your plans to be fulfilled is interesting, O God!
As I read it! 