Joseph was taken to Egypt in
chains and sold,
where
he was bought by a captain named Potiphar.
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1. Potiphar had very few cares,
he was one of Egypt's millionaires.
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having
made a fortune buying shares in pyramids.
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Potiphar
had made a huge pile, owned a large percentage of the Nile,
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”Meant that I could really
live in style,“ and he did. “Oh, I did
!”
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Joseph was an unimportant slave who found he liked his master,
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consequently
worked much harder, even with devotion.
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Potiphar
could see that Joseph was a cut above the av'rage,
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made
him leader of his household, maximum promotion.
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2. Potiphar was cool and so fine. “But my wife
would never toe the line,”
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it's
all there in chapter thirty-nine of Genesis.
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She was beautiful but evil, saw a lot of men against his will,
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he
would have to tell her that she still was his. “You’re mine !”
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Joseph's looks and handsome
figure had attracted her attention,
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ev'ry morning she would beckon, ”Come and lie with
me, love!”
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Joseph wanted to resist her,
till one day she proved too eager,
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Joseph cried in vain, “Please,
stop ! I don't believe in free love.”
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3. Potiphar was counting shekels in his den
below the bedroom,
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when
he heard a mighty rumpus clattering above him.
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Suddenly he knew his riches
couldn't buy him what he wanted,
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gold
would never make him happy if she didn't love him.
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Lettting out a mighty roar Potiphar burst through the door.
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“Joseph I'll see you rot in jail,
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the
things you have done are beyond the pale.”
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Poor, poor Joseph, locked up in a cell,
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things
ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell.
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Poor, poor Joseph, locked up
in a cell,
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things
ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell.
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Locked up in a cell.
(Rice / Webber)