Potiphar and His Wife Facts for 3-8 Year Olds

Categories: Jacob

• Potiphar is mentioned in Genesis.
• His name means “he whom Ra gave.” We might say, “He is God’s gift.”
• When Joseph is taken to Egypt, Potiphar buys him as a slave.
• Potiphar has a good job as a “captain of the palace guard.”
• He needs the services of a trustworthy slave to manage his household.
• Potiphar is blessed because of Joseph.
• Potiphar soon makes Joseph head of his household.
• Potiphar entrusts Joseph with everything.
• Potiphar’s wife likes Joseph too.
• One day she asks him to go to bed with her.
• Joseph refuses.
• Joseph respects Potiphar and says that would be “a great wickedness, and sin against God.”
• Potiphar’s wife, however, “speaks to Joseph every day” hoping to convince him otherwise.
• One day she grabs him.
• He gets away and leaves her holding his garment in her hands.
• Then she accuses Joseph of attacking her.
• When Potiphar hears her story, he is really upset.
• Potiphar puts Joseph in prison.
• There is no further information about Potiphar or his wife.