בס”ד
Genesis 39: 1-6
| When Joseph was taken down to Egypt, Potiphar, a courtier of Pharaoh and his prefect —a [type of] Egyptian official —bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. | וְיוֹסֵ֖ף הוּרַ֣ד מִצְרָ֑יְמָה וַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּ פּוֹטִיפַר֩ סְרִ֨יס פַּרְעֹ֜ה שַׂ֤ר הַטַּבָּחִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י מִיַּד֙ הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁמָּה׃ |
| ד’ was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he stayed in the house of his Egyptian master. | וַיְהִ֤י יד’ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיְהִ֖י אִ֣ישׁ מַצְלִ֑יחַ וַיְהִ֕י בְּבֵ֖ית אֲדֹנָ֥יו הַמִּצְרִֽי׃ |
| And when his master saw that ד’ was with him and that ד’ lent success to everything he undertook, | וַיַּ֣רְא אֲדֹנָ֔יו כִּ֥י ד’ אִתּ֑וֹ וְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא עֹשֶׂ֔ה ד’ מַצְלִ֥יחַ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ |
| He left all that he had in Joseph’s hands and, with him there, he paid attention to nothing save the food that he ate. Now Joseph was well built and handsome. | וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֮ בְּיַד־יוֹסֵף֒ וְלֹא־יָדַ֤ע אִתּוֹ֙ מְא֔וּמָה כִּ֥י אִם־הַלֶּ֖חֶם אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא אוֹכֵ֑ל וַיְהִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף יְפֵה־תֹ֖אַר וִיפֵ֥ה מַרְאֶֽה׃ |
Genesis 39:20-23
| So Joseph’s master had him put in prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. But even while he was there in prison, | וַיִּקַּח֩ אֲדֹנֵ֨י יוֹסֵ֜ף אֹת֗וֹ וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַסֹּ֔הַר מְק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר־[אֲסִירֵ֥י] (אסורי) הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲסוּרִ֑ים וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֖ם בְּבֵ֥ית הַסֹּֽהַר׃ |
| ד’ was with Joseph—extending kindness to him and disposing the chief jailer favorably toward him. | וַיְהִ֤י ד’ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיֵּ֥ט אֵלָ֖יו חָ֑סֶד וַיִּתֵּ֣ן חִנּ֔וֹ בְּעֵינֵ֖י שַׂ֥ר בֵּית־הַסֹּֽהַר׃ |
| The chief jailer put in Joseph’s charge all the prisoners who were in that prison, and he was the one to carry out everything that was done there. | וַיִּתֵּ֞ן שַׂ֤ר בֵּית־הַסֹּ֙הַר֙ בְּיַד־יוֹסֵ֔ף אֵ֚ת כׇּל־הָ֣אֲסִירִ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית הַסֹּ֑הַר וְאֵ֨ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֹשִׂים֙ שָׁ֔ם ה֖וּא הָיָ֥ה עֹשֶֽׂה׃ |
| The chief jailer did not supervise anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because ד’ was with him, and whatever he did ד’ made successful. | אֵ֣ין ׀ שַׂ֣ר בֵּית־הַסֹּ֗הַר רֹאֶ֤ה אֶֽת־כׇּל־מְא֙וּמָה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר ד’ אִתּ֑וֹ וַֽאֲשֶׁר־ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֖ה ד’ מַצְלִֽיחַ׃ |
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| And when his master saw that ד’ was with him and that ד’ lent success to everything he undertook, Slave | The chief jailer did not supervise anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because ד’ was with him, and whatever he did ד’ made successful. Prisoner |
Rashi 39:3
| And when his master saw that ד’ was with him and that ד’ lent success to everything he undertook, THAT THE LORD WAS WITH HIM — the name of God was a familiar word in his mouth | וַיַּ֣רְא אֲדֹנָ֔יו כִּ֥י ד’ אִתּ֑וֹ וְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא עֹשֶׂ֔ה ד’ מַצְלִ֥יחַ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ כי ד’. שֵׁם שָׁמַיִם שָׁגוּר בְּפִיו |
By Rabbi Tuvia Serber
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