A37 Joseph And The Chief's Wife Poem by Simple Simon

Joseph was taken to Egypt.
As a slave, there he was kept.
One day, he was sold
To the chief of palace guards.

He earned the chief's confidence.
Even in the master's absence,
He did household maintenance;
The boss liked him for his endurance.

The chief's wife loved him
And wished to have him.
One day, the chief went outside.
Then she called Joseph inside.

Persistently, she pleaded;
But he had not yielded,
As his loyalty to the chief
Made him spurn his wife.

He rejected her advances;
She showed her vengeance.
She told her husband a lie,
To rape her, Joseph did try.

The matter became serious.
The master became furious.
The chief threw him in prison,
For a crime, an uncommitted one!

By the Lord's mercy,
The jailor took pity
And treated him well
Inside the dark jail.

Joseph assisted the jailor,
To control every prisoner,
And made his work light,
Both during day and night.