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Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there. See also: Genesis 37:28Psalms 105:17Genesis 37:36The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian. See also: 1 Samuel 18:14Psalms 91:15Jeremiah 15:20His master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did prosper in his hand. See also: Psalms 1:3Genesis 30:272 Chronicles 26:5Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and Potiphar made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. See also: Genesis 39:21-22Acts 20:28Genesis 24:2From 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 LORD’s blessing was on all that he had, in the house and in the field. See also: Genesis 30:272 Samuel 6:11-12Acts 27:24He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome. See also: 1 Samuel 16:12Luke 19:17Genesis 29:17After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.” See also: Ezekiel 16:342 Samuel 13:112 Peter 2:14But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand. See also: Proverbs 22:14Proverbs 23:26-28Proverbs 1:10No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” See also: 2 Samuel 12:13Genesis 42:18Genesis 20:6As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her. See also: 1 Peter 2:112 Timothy 2:221 Corinthians 6:18About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside. See also: Ephesians 5:12Ephesians 5:3Jeremiah 23:24She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside. See also: 2 Timothy 2:22Proverbs 7:13-27Proverbs 6:5When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside, she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. See also: Psalms 35:11Isaiah 54:17Matthew 5:11When he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.” She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. See also: Psalms 37:32Psalms 37:12Jeremiah 4:22She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me, See also: Exodus 23:1Proverbs 19:9Matthew 26:65and as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.” When his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, “This is what your servant did to me,” his wrath was kindled. See also: 2 Thessalonians 2:11Proverbs 18:17Song of Songs 8:7Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody. See also: Genesis 40:15Daniel 3:21-22Isaiah 53:8But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. See also: Isaiah 41:10Exodus 3:211 Peter 3:17The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it. See also: Genesis 39:4Genesis 40:3-4Psalms 37:11The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper. See also: Isaiah 43:2Psalms 1:3Genesis 39:2-3
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)10 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Genesis 39:1
Ver. 1. Ismaelites. They are called Madianites. C. xxxvii. 36. H.
↑ 1Genesis 39:6
Ver. 6. Bread. A proverbial expression, to shew how entirely he reposed in Joseph's fidelity and prudence. M. --- He was so rich, that he knew not the extent of his wealth. So Petronius says, Nescit quid habeat, adeo Zaplutus est. It may also be understood as a commendation of Joseph's disinterestedness.
↑ 6Genesis 39:7
Ver. 7. Many days. About 10 years; as Joseph was 30, three years after this. C.
↑ 7Genesis 39:9
Ver. 9. His wife, and such things as could not be touched without sin; such as his daughter, if the woman, whom Joseph afterwards married, was the daughter of this man. C. xli. 45. ---
My God, Elohim; which might also be understood of his lord and master. The sin against the latter would be resented by God, who is offended by every transgression. H.
↑ 9Genesis 39:10
Ver. 10. Both the woman was importunate, &c. Heb. does not express this so fully. D.
↑ 10Genesis 39:12
Ver. 12. Out. He could easily have wrested it from her. But he would not do any thing that might seem disrespectful, nor claim what her impure hands had touched. M.
↑ 12Genesis 39:16
Ver. 16. A proof of her fidelity, or an argument to gain credit, argumentum fidei. Ch. --- Love neglected, turns to fury. She wishes to take away Joseph's life, according to the laws of Egypt against adulterers. Diodorus says Sesostris burnt some women taken in the crime; and we must attribute it to divine Providence, that the enraged husband did not inflict instant death upon his slave. Perhaps he did not altogether believe him guilty. H.
↑ 16Genesis 39:17
Ver. 17. Thou hast, &c. As if her husband were guilty of an indiscretion. M.
↑ 17Genesis 39:19
Ver. 19. Too much. The proof was of an ambiguous nature. But Putiphar perhaps thought it unbecoming to distrust his wife, or to interrogate his slave. H.
↑ 19Genesis 39:21
Ver. 21. Keeper. Pererius thinks this was the same Putiphar, who, recognizing the innocence of Joseph, allows him every indulgence in prison; but does not liberate him, for fear of the dishonour and resentment of his wife. C. --- He had before put him in irons. Ps. civ. 18. Wis. x. 13. Joseph here exercises at once the four cardinal virtues. Prudence, in keeping out of the company of his mistress, as the Hebrew express it, v. 10. "He yielded not to lie with her, or to be in her company." H. ---
Justice, in regard to his master. Fortitude, in bearing with all sorts of hardships, loss of character, &c. And Temperance, by refusing to gratify the most violent of all passions, at an age when it is the most insidious and ungovernable. This makes the fathers exclaim, We wonder more at the conduct of Joseph, than at the delivery of the three children from the Babylonian furnace. For, like them, Joseph continues unhurt, and more shining, in the midst of the flames. S. Chrys. T. ---
The stories of Hippolitus, Bel erophon, &c. seem to be copied from this. C.
↑ 21License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses