Meanwhile, back in Egypt, Joseph is now a strapping young lad working in Potifar's home. Potifar loves this guy and gives him lots of free reign around the home.
Potifar's wife takes notice of this pool boy with his gilded bronze tan and barb-wire bicep tattoo. She asks for him to put suntan oil on her back, then her legs, and woah! She had other things on here mind. She begs for sex twice, the second time he flees and leaves his garment.
She accuses him to Potifar of trying to rape her. Understandably, Potifar gets mad and throws him in prison.
Even in jail, Joseph's presence blesses those around him. The head jailor loves Joseph too and gives him some authority.
It occurred to me that up to now in the Bible, Egypt has actually been a place of refuge. Abraham went there to escape a famine, Isaac almost did the exact same, and later Jacob and his family do the same. It's not Egypt's fault that Joseph's brothers sold him to slavery or that Potifar's wife lied and Joseph was imprisoned as a result. Things get really bad later, so bad that Egypt will forever be viewed synonymously with slavery. But as this point, Egypt is viewed favorably.
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