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(4.) It is a great ease to a master to have those employed under him that are trusty. Potiphar was so well satisfied with Joseph's conduct that he knew not aught he had, save the bread which he did eat, Ge 39:6. The servant had all the care and trouble of the estate; the master had only the enjoyment of it: an example not to be imitated by any master, unless he could be sure that he had one in all respects like Joseph for a servant.
5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in
his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord Was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
God favoured his master for his sake (Ge 39:5): He blessed the Egyptian's house, though he was an Egyptian, a stranger to the true God, for Joseph's sake; and he himself, like Laban, soon learned it by experience, Ge 30:27. Note, (1.) Good men are the blessings of the places where they live; even good servants may be so, though mean, and lightly esteemed. (2.) The prosperity of the wicked is, one way or other, for the sake of the godly. Here was a wicked family blessed for the sake of one good servant in it.
6 And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not aught
he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well-favored.
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her
eyes upon Joseph; and she said, lie with me.
A most shameful instance of impudence and immodesty in Joseph's mistress, the shame and scandal of her sex, perfectly lost to all virtue and honour, and not to be mentioned, nor thought of, without the utmost indignation. It was well that she was an Egyptian; for we must have shared in the confusion if such folly had been found in Israel. Observe,
Her sin began in the eye: She cast her eyes upon Joseph (Ge 39:7), who was a goodly person, and well-favored, Ge 39:6. Note,