Four times the narrator says it: "The Lord was with Joseph." In Potiphar's house, Joseph rises. The slave becomes manager. Everything he touches prospers. Then Potiphar's wife notices him—handsome, capable, available. Day after day she propositions him. Day after day he refuses: "How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?" One day she grabs his garment; he flees, leaving it behind. She uses it as evidence. The coat that marked him as beloved in Canaan becomes the cloak that condemns him in Egypt. Garments keep lying about Joseph. Potiphar throws him in prison. Joseph did everything right and went to prison for it. But even there, the Lord is with him. The keeper puts everything in his hands. Same faithfulness, same favor, different dungeon. Presence isn't protection from suffering—it's companionship within it.

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