Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife by Rembrandt
Joseph was sold as a slave in Egypt to the house of Potiphar. There he was respected by his master, but Potiphar’s wife wanted to force Joseph to lie with her.Constantly refusing her advances, she then falsely accused him of attempting to lie with her. Potiphar took Joseph and put him in prison.
Genesis 39:19-20
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave treated me," he burned with anger. Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined…
Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife painting by Rembrandt
State Museums of Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Rembrandt van Rijn
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Dans la Bible
“The Midianites, meanwhile, sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, a courtier of Pharaoh and his prefect.
...When his master (Potiphar) heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave treated me," he burned with anger. Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined…
וְהַ֨מְּדָנִ֔ים מָֽכְר֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ אֶל-מִצְרָ֑יִם לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙ סְרִ֣יס פַּרְעֹ֔ה שַׂ֖ר הַטַּבָּחִֽים... וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ (פּוֹטִיפַר) אֲדֹנָ֜יו אֶת-דִּבְרֵ֣י אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבְּרָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וַיִּ֖חַר אַפּֽוֹ: וַיִּקַּח֩ אֲדֹנֵ֨י יוֹסֵ֜ף אֹת֗וֹ וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֨הוּ֙ אֶל-בֵּ֣ית הַסֹּ֔הַר מְק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר אֲסִירֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲסוּרִ֑ים ...
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