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Genesis 39:13-18 (NLT)
13 When she [Potiphar’s wife] saw that she was holding his [Joseph’s] cloak and he had fled, 14 she called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed. 15 When he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his cloak behind with me.”
16 She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home. 17 Then she told him her story. “That Hebrew slave you’ve brought into our house tried to come in and fool around with me,” she said. 18 “But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his cloak with me!”

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:
Unspecified I the Bible text. I have set this scene in the afternoon.

LIGHTING NOTES:
The sun (high in the sky) illuminates this scene, casting vague shadows below & to the right of figures & objects.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
From left to right: Potiphar’s servant (restraining Joseph), Joseph, another servant holding Joseph, Potiphar, Potiphar’s wife.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This scene shows Joseph being held by two of Potiphar’s servants, in Potiphar’s house. Potiphar’s wife (feigning shock) is tightly gripping Joseph’s outer robe, whilst point an accusing finger at Joseph. Potiphar is grabbing the robe and looking angrily at Joseph.

Notice the use of bamboo for a stair rail! Notice also that in the background the Nile river can be seen, as in the two previous scenes.

Here’s the scene without the figures in the foreground.

Background of Genesis 39 – Joseph in Potiphar’s house – Scene 03 – Wife’s story

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Background of Genesis 39 – Joseph in Potiphar’s house – Scene 02 – Wife’s story