Genesis 39:10

With such words as these, throughout each day, the woman was pestering the young man, and he was refusing the adultery.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

In Context

9Neither is there anything which is not in my power, or that he has not delivered to me, except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this evil act and sin against my God?”

11Then it happened, on a certain day, that Joseph entered the house, and he was doing something, without any witnesses.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:8And without consenting at all to the wicked act, he said to her: “Behold, my lord has delivered all things to me, and he does not know what he has in his own house.

Proverbs 2:16So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,

Proverbs 5:8Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.

Proverbs 7:5So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.

Proverbs 9:14sat at the entrance of her house on a seat, in a high place of the city,

Proverbs 22:14The mouth of a foreign woman is a deep pit; the Lord was angry with him who will fall into it.

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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