Genesis 39:7

And so, after many days, his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Sleep with me.”

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

In Context

6Neither did he know anything other than the bread that he ate. Now Joseph was beautiful in form, and stately in appearance.

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.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.

Job 31:1I reached an agreement with my eyes, that I would not so much as think about a virgin.

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

Proverbs 6:26For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.

Proverbs 7:15Because of this, I have gone out to meet you, desiring to see you, and I have found you.

Ezekiel 16:25At the head of every way, you set up a banner of your prostitution. And you caused your beauty to become abominable. And you distributed your feet to every passer-by. And you multiplied your fornications.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 39:2-7

The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1721.) 1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he… Read the whole commentary →

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