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Bible Study · Read Jubilees in Ge’ez, English and Spanish, one chapter per page. Jubilees retells Genesis and the beginning of Exodus as the angel of the presence revealed it to Moshe on Mount Sinai, dated by jubilees of 49 years. It is part of the Bible of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but not of the Hebrew Bible (Tenakh).

Bible Study · Jubilees 39:1–18

Jubilees, Chapter 39

መጽሐፈ ኩፋሌ ፴፱

Yosef is taken down to Mitzrayim and set over the house of Potifar, where Hashem prospers him; he refuses to sin with his master’s wife, is falsely accused and put in prison, where Hashem is again with him, and he interprets the dreams of the chief butler and the chief baker, but the butler forgets him.

Yosef in Potifar’s house

39:1And Yaakov (Jacob) dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Kena’an (Canaan). These are the generations of Yaakov.

39:1Y Yaakov (Jacob) habitó en la tierra de las peregrinaciones de su padre, en la tierra de Kena’an (Canaán). Estas son las generaciones de Yaakov.

፩ወኀደረ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ በምድረ ፡ ፍልሰተ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ከናአን ፡

Note. Compare Genesis 37:1–2.

39:2And Yosef (Joseph) was seventeen years old when they took him down into the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt), and Potifar (Potiphar), a eunuch of Par’oh (Pharaoh), the chief cook, bought him.

39:2Y Yosef (José) tenía diecisiete años cuando lo llevaron a la tierra de Mitzrayim (Egipto); y lo compró Potifar, eunuco de Paró (Faraón), jefe de los cocineros.

፪እለ ፡ ትዝምደ ፡ ያዕቆብ ። ወዮሴፍሰ ፡ ወልደ ፡ ዐሠርቱ ፡ ወሰብዐቱ ፡ ዓመት ፡ አውረድዎ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ወተሣየጦ ፡ ፋጢፋራን ፡ ኅፅዉ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ ሊቀ ፡ መብስላን ።

39:3And he set Yosef over all his house, and the blessing of Hashem came upon the house of the Egyptian on account of Yosef, and Hashem prospered him in all that he did.

39:3Y él puso a Yosef sobre toda su casa, y la bendición de Hashem vino sobre la casa del egipcio a causa de Yosef, y Hashem lo prosperaba en todo lo que hacía.

፫ወሤሞ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ቤቱ ። ወኮነት ፡ በረከተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ግብጻዊ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ዘገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይሴርሖ ።

39:4And the Egyptian committed everything into the hands of Yosef; for he saw that Hashem was with him, and that Hashem prospered him in all that he did.

39:4Y el egipcio entregó todo en manos de Yosef; porque vio que Hashem estaba con él, y que Hashem lo prosperaba en todo lo que hacía.

፬ወኀደገ ፡ ግብጻዊ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ቅድሜሁ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ እስመ ፡ ርእየ ፡ ከመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ምስሌሁ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ዘገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይሴርሖ ።

Yosef refuses to sin

39:5And Yosef’s appearance was comely, and his master’s wife lifted up her eyes and saw Yosef, and she loved him and besought him to lie with her.

39:5Y Yosef era de hermoso parecer, y la mujer de su señor alzó sus ojos y vio a Yosef, y lo amó y le rogó que se acostara con ella.

፭ወዮሴፍሰ ፡ ሠናይ ፡ ራእዩ ፡ ወላሕይ ፡ ጥቀ ፡ ራእዩ ። ወአንሥአት ፡ አዕይንቲሃ ፡ ብእሲተ ፡ እግዚኡ ፡ ወርእየቶ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ ወአፍቀረቶ ፡ ወአስተብቍዐቶ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይስክብ ፡ ምስሌሃ ፡

39:6But he did not surrender his soul, and he remembered Hashem and the words which Yaakov, his father, used to read from among the words of Avraham (Abraham), that no man should commit fornication with a woman who has a husband; that for him the punishment of death has been ordained in the heavens before the Most High God, and the sin will be recorded against him in the eternal books continually before Hashem.

39:6Pero él no entregó su alma, y se acordó de Hashem y de las palabras que Yaakov, su padre, solía leer de entre las palabras de Avraham (Abraham): que ningún hombre cometa fornicación con mujer que tiene marido; que para él la pena de muerte ha sido ordenada en los cielos delante del Elohim Altísimo, y el pecado será registrado contra él en los libros eternos continuamente delante de Hashem.

፮ወኢመጠወ ፡ ነፍሶ ። ወተዘከሮ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ወቃላተ ፡ ዘያነብብ ፡ ያዕቆብ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ዘእምውስተ ፡ ቃላተ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ከመ ፡ አልቦ ፡ መነሂ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ ዘይዜሙ ፡ በብእሲት ፡ እንተ ፡ ባቲ ፡ ምተ ፡ ከመቦ ፡ ኵነኔ ፡ ሞት ፡ ዘተሠርዐ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ በሰማያት ፡ ቅድመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ልዑል ። ወኀጢአት ፡ ተዐርግ ፡ በእንቲአሁ ፡ ውስተ ፡ መጻሕፍት ፡ ዘለዓለም ፡ በኵሉ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ቅድመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ።

Note. Compare Genesis 39:7–9.

39:7And Yosef remembered these words and refused to lie with her.

39:7Y Yosef se acordó de estas palabras, y rehusó acostarse con ella.

፯ወተዘከረ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ዘንተ ፡ ንባበ ፡ ወኢፈቀደ ፡ ይስክብ ፡ ምስሌሃ ፡

39:8And she besought him for a year, but he refused and would not listen.

39:8Y ella le rogó durante un año, pero él rehusó y no quiso escuchar.

፰ወአስተብቍዐቶ ፡ ዓመተ ፡ አሐተ ፡ ወካልአ ፡ ወአበያ ፡ ሰሚዐ ፡

39:9But she embraced him and held him fast in the house in order to force him to lie with her, and closed the doors of the house and held him fast; but he left his garment in her hands and broke through the door and fled outside from her presence.

39:9Pero ella lo abrazó y lo sujetó en la casa para forzarlo a acostarse con ella, y cerró las puertas de la casa y lo sujetó; pero él dejó su ropa en las manos de ella, y rompió la puerta y huyó afuera de su presencia.

፱ወለጠቀቶ ፡ ወአኀዘቶ ፡ በቤት ፡ ከመ ፡ ትትባአሶ ፡ ይስክብ ፡ ምስሌሃ ። ወዐፀወት ፡ ኆኅተ ፡ ቤት ፡ ወአኀዘቶ ፡ ወኀደገ ፡ ልብሶ ፡ ውስተ ፡ እዴሃ ፡ ወሰበረ ፡ ማዕፆ ፡ ወጐየ ፡ አፍአ ፡ እምቅድመ ፡ ገጻ ።

39:10And the woman saw that he would not lie with her, and she slandered him in the presence of his lord, saying, “Your Hebrew servant, whom you love, sought to force me so that he might lie with me; and it came to pass when I lifted up my voice that he fled and left his garment in my hands when I held him, and he broke through the door.”

39:10Y la mujer vio que él no quería acostarse con ella, y lo calumnió en presencia de su señor, diciendo: «Tu siervo hebreo, a quien amas, quiso forzarme para acostarse conmigo; y aconteció que cuando alcé mi voz, huyó y dejó su ropa en mis manos cuando lo sujetaba, y rompió la puerta».

፲ወርእየት ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ብእሲት ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢይሰክብ ፡ ምስሌሃ ፡ ወጠቀለቶ ፡ ቅድመ ፡ እግዚኡ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ትብል ፡ ኪያየ ፡ ፈቀደ ፡ ገብርከ ፡ ዕብራዊ ፡ ዘታፈቅር ፡ ይትዐገለኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይስክብ ፡ ምስሌየ ። ወኮነ ፡ ሶበ ፡ አልዐልኩ ፡ ቃልየ ፡ ጐየ ፡ ወኀደገ ፡ ልብሶ ፡ ውስተ ፡ እዴየ ፡ በጊዜ ፡ እንተ ፡ አኀዝክዎ ፡ ወሰበረ ፡ ማዕፆ ።

Yosef in prison

39:11And the Egyptian saw the garment of Yosef and the broken door, and heard the words of his wife, and cast Yosef into prison, into the place where the prisoners were kept whom the king imprisoned.

39:11Y el egipcio vio la ropa de Yosef y la puerta rota, y oyó las palabras de su mujer, y echó a Yosef en la cárcel, en el lugar donde estaban los presos que el rey encarcelaba.

፲፩ወርእየ ፡ ግብጻዊ ፡ ልብሰ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ወማዕፆ ፡ ስቡረ ። ወሰምዐ ፡ ነገረ ፡ ብእሲቱ ፡ ወወደዮ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ሞቅሕ ፡ ውስተ ፡ መካን ፡ ኀበ ፡ ይነብሩ ፡ ሙቁሓን ፡ እለ ፡ ሞቅሐ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡

39:12And he was there in the prison; and Hashem gave Yosef favor in the sight of the chief of the prison guards, and compassion before him, for he saw that Hashem was with him, and that Hashem made all that he did to prosper.

39:12Y estuvo allí en la cárcel; y Hashem dio a Yosef gracia ante los ojos del jefe de los guardias de la cárcel, y compasión delante de él, porque vio que Hashem estaba con él, y que Hashem hacía prosperar todo lo que él hacía.

፲፪ወሀሎ ፡ ህየ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሞቅሕ ። ወወሀቦ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ሞገሰ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ በቅድሜሁ ፡ ለሊቀ ፡ ዐቀብተ ፡ ሞቅሕ ፡ ወምሕረተ ፡ በቅድሜሁ ፡ እስመ ፡ ርእየ ፡ ከመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ምስሌሁ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ዘገብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይሴርሖ ።

39:13And he committed all things into his hands, and the chief of the prison guards knew of nothing that was with him, for Yosef did everything, and Hashem perfected it.

39:13Y entregó todas las cosas en sus manos, y el jefe de los guardias de la cárcel no sabía de nada de lo que estaba con él, porque Yosef lo hacía todo, y Hashem lo perfeccionaba.

፲፫ወኀደገ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ቅድሜሁ ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ ዐቀብተ ፡ ሞቅሕ ፡ ዘያአምር ፡ ምስሌሁ ፡ ምንተኒ ፡ እስመ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ይገብር ፡ ወእግዚአብሔር ፡ ይፌጽም ፡ ወነበረ ፡ ህየ ፡ ክልኤተ ፡ ዓመተ ።

The chief butler and the chief baker

39:14And he remained there two years. And in those days Par’oh, king of Mitzrayim, was angry with his two eunuchs, with the chief butler and with the chief baker, and he put them in ward in the house of the chief cook, in the prison where Yosef was kept.

39:14Y estuvo allí dos años. Y en aquellos días Paró, rey de Mitzrayim, se enojó contra sus dos eunucos, contra el jefe de los coperos y contra el jefe de los panaderos, y los puso en custodia en la casa del jefe de los cocineros, en la cárcel donde Yosef estaba preso.

፲፬ወበውእቱ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ተምዕዐ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ክልኤቱ ፡ ኅጽዋኒሁ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ መዘርት ፡ ወላዕለ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ ኀበዝት ፡ ወወደዮሙ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሞቅሕ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ ለሊቀ ፡ መበስላን ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሞቅሕ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ሀሎ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ እኁዝ ፡ ህየ ።

39:15And the chief of the prison guards appointed Yosef to serve them; and he served before them.

39:15Y el jefe de los guardias de la cárcel encargó a Yosef que los sirviera; y él les servía.

፲፭ወሠርዖ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ ዐቀብተ ፡ ሞቅሕ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይትለአኮሙ ፡ ወይትለአክ ፡ በቅድሜሁ ፡

39:16And they both dreamed a dream, the chief butler and the chief baker, and they told it to Yosef.

39:16Y ambos soñaron un sueño, el jefe de los coperos y el jefe de los panaderos, y se lo contaron a Yosef.

፲፮ወሐለሙ ፡ ክልኤሆሙ ፡ ሕልመ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ መዘርት ፡ ወሊቀ ፡ ሐበዝት ፡ ወነገርዎ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡

39:17And as he interpreted to them so it befell them, and Par’oh restored the chief butler to his office, and the chief baker he slew, as Yosef had interpreted to them.

39:17Y como él les interpretó, así les aconteció: Paró restituyó al jefe de los coperos en su oficio, y al jefe de los panaderos lo mató, como Yosef les había interpretado.

፲፯ወበከመ ፡ ፈከረ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ኮኖሙ ። ወለሊቀ ፡ መዘርት ፡ አግብኦ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡ ውስተ ፡ ግብሩ ፡ ወለሐባዚሰ ፡ ሰቀሎ ፡ በከመ ፡ ፈከረ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ዮሴፍ ።

Note. Compare Genesis 40:1–23.

39:18But the chief butler forgot Yosef in the prison, although he had informed him what would befall him, and did not remember to inform Par’oh how Yosef had told him, for he forgot.

39:18Pero el jefe de los coperos se olvidó de Yosef en la cárcel, aunque él le había hecho saber lo que le acontecería, y no se acordó de informar a Paró de cómo Yosef se lo había dicho, porque lo olvidó.

፲፰ወረስዖ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ መዘርት ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ በቤተ ፡ ሞቅሕ ፡ እስመ ፡ አይድዖ ፡ ዘይከውኖ ፡ ወኢተዘከረ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያይድዕ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ነገሮ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ እስመ ፡ ረስዐ ።

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1In verse 2, how old was Yosef when he was taken down into Mitzrayim?

2In verse 15, whom did the chief of the prison guards appoint Yosef to serve?

3In verse 1, in which land did Yaakov dwell?

4In verse 14, why were the chief butler and the chief baker put in prison?

5In verse 18, why did the chief butler not tell Par’oh about Yosef?

6In verse 3, why did the blessing of Hashem come upon the Egyptian’s house?

7In verse 6, when Yosef refused to sin, he remembered words his father Yaakov used to read. From whose words did they come?

8In verse 13, the chief of the prison guards knew of nothing that Yosef was in charge of. What does this show?

9In verses 3–4, Hashem prospered Yosef in Potifar’s house. What happened when Yosef was in prison, according to verse 12?

10Yosef was sold, put in prison and forgotten (verse 18), yet Hashem was with him (verses 3 and 12). What does the chapter teach?

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Sources & method

English translation
R. H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Oxford, 1913), public domain, lightly modernized by Benei Avraham in the same way as our Bible pages: “thee/thou” become “you,” older verb forms are updated, people and places carry their Hebrew names with the familiar English name in parentheses the first time on each page, and “the Lord” (God) is written “Hashem.” Charles’s editorial dates are given in the notes. Digital text from the CrossWire Bible Society’s SWORD module (public domain).
Spanish translation
Translated by Benei Avraham from the English column, in the style of our Reina-Valera pages: Hashem for the Divine Name, Elohim for God, and Hebrew names. There is no public-domain Spanish translation of this book. Choose a translation with the Language drop-down; the choice is remembered on this device.
Ge’ez text
Ge’ez (classical Ethiopic) is the language of the Ethiopian Bible and the only language in which the whole book has survived; it was translated from Greek, which was translated from the lost Hebrew original. The text is August Dillmann’s edition (19th century, public domain) as published in the EOTCOpenSource Bible dataset. Verse numbers follow Charles; where Dillmann’s numbering joins two verses, the later verse says so.
Quiz
Written by Benei Avraham for middle-school readers (ages 11–14). Each quiz starts with easier questions and gets harder. Every answer is in the chapter on this page. Answers and scores are kept only in this browser (local storage) and can be cleared with Start over.
Fonts
Noto Serif Ethiopic, by Google (SIL Open Font License).