Genesis 39:9

So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

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In The King James Version

There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

In Context

8But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

10And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:6And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

Genesis 41:40You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

Exodus 20:14Do not be false to the married relation.

Leviticus 20:10And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

2 Samuel 11:27And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.

Nehemiah 5:15But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 39:8-13

7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph… Read the whole commentary →

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