Zuleika: "I will push matters so far that all men will
hate thee."

Joseph: "The Lord loveth the righteous."

Zuleika: "I will sell thee into a strange land."

Joseph: "The Lord preserveth the strangers."[139]

Then she would resort to enticements in order to obtain
her desire. She would promise to release him from prison,
if he would but grant her wish. But he would say, "Better
it is to remain here than be with thee and commit a trespass
against God." These visits to Joseph in prison Zuleika continued
for a long time, but when, finally, she saw that all
her hopes were vain, she let him alone.[140]

As the mistress persisted in her love for Joseph, so his
master, her husband, could not separate himself from his
favorite slave. Though a prisoner, Joseph continued to
minister to the needs of Potiphar, and he received permission
from the keeper of the prison to spend some of his time
in his master's house.[141] In many other ways the jailer showed
himself kindly disposed toward Joseph. Seeing the youth's
zeal and conscientiousness in executing the tasks laid upon
him, and under the spell of his enchanting beauty, he made
prison life as easy as possible for his charge. He even
ordered better dishes for him than the common prison fare,
and he found it superfluous caution to keep watch over