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# Yahweh was with Joseph
This means that Yahweh helped Joseph and was always with him. AT: "Yahweh guided Joseph and helped him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# He lived in the house
Here the author speaks of working in the master's house as if it were living in the master's house. Only the most trusted servants were permitted to work in their master's house. AT : "he worked in the house" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# his [Egypt](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt)ian master
Joseph was now [Potiphar](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/potiphar)'s slave.