Quotes about Loyalty
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 such a great evil and sin against God?”
- Genesis 39:9
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
- Genesis 39:10
One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
- Genesis 39:11
When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
- Genesis 39:13
she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
- Genesis 39:14
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
- Genesis 39:15
So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
- Genesis 39:16
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
- Genesis 39:17
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
- Genesis 39:19
Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
- Genesis 40:2
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
- Genesis 40:4
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
- Genesis 40:13