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Joseph was taken to Egypt in chains and sold |
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Where he was bought by a captain named Potiphar |
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Potiphar had very few cares |
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He was one of Egypt's millionaires |
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Having made a fortune buying shares in pyramids |
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Potiphar had made a huge pile |
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Owned a large percentage of the Nile |
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Meant that he could really live in style, and he did |
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Joseph was an unimportant slave who found he liked his master |
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Consequently worked much harder, even with devotion |
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Potiphar could see that Joseph was a cut above the av'rage, |
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Made him leader of his household, maximum promotion |
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Potiphar was cool and so fine, |
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but his wife would never toe the line |
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It's all there in chapter thirtynine of genesis |
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She was beautiful but evil, |
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saw a lot of men against his will |
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He would have to tell her that she still was his |
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Joseph's looks and handsome figure had attracted her attention |
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Every morning she would beckon: "Come and lie with me, love" |
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Joseph wanted to resist her till one day she proved too eager |
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Joseph cried in vain: "Please stop! I don't believe in free love!" |
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Potiphar was counting shequels in his den below the bedroom |
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When he heard a mighty rumpous clattering above him |
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Suddenly he knew his riches couldn't buy him what he wanted |
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Gold would never make him happy, if she didn't love him! |
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Letting out a mighty roar, Potiphar burst through the door |
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"Joseph I'll see you rot in jail, |
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the things you have done are beyond the pale!" |
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Poor, poor Joseph locked up in a cell |
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Things ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell |
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Poor, poor Joseph locked up in a cell |
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Things ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell |
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Locked up in a cell |