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It's not about you.

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Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!"   But he refused. "With me in charge," he told her, "my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.   No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" Genesis 39:6-9 Joseph, sold into slavery by his brothers, puts his family training into practice and rises to the head of the household of Potiphar, a royal official in Egypt.  Potiphar's wife notices Joseph and wants him for herself.  Joseph is confronted with a decision. There were several responses he could have given, and I group them into three lists: me, others, and God. From the "me" box, Joseph could have pulled out a response that would resonate