The reliefs are in rather poor condition, though some traces of original polychrome were found in the 1960s. It is possible that during the 1848 excavation of the monument its lower layer was broken off and lost. The lower tier is 67 cm (26 in) the middle tier is 40 cm (16 in) and the top tier is 167 cm (66 in). The Zbruch Idol is a four-sided pillar of grey limestone, 2.67 m (8.8 ft) in height, and has three tiers of reliefs engraved upon each of the four sides. And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound and he was there in the prison. And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.' And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke unto him, saying: 'After this manner did thy servant to me' that his wrath was kindled.
And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me. And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. And it came to pass on a certain day, when he went into the house to do his work, and there was none of the men of the house there within, that she caught him by his garment, saying: 'Lie with me.' And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?' And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and she said: 'Lie with me.' But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand he is not greater in this house than I neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife. And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon. And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand and, having him, he knew not aught save the bread which he did eat.
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