Genesis 39:7

And after this, his maisters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide: [come] lye with me.

Bible (Bishops')

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

6And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephes hande: and he knewe nothyng with hym, saue onlye the breade which he dyd eate. And Ioseph was a goodly person, and a well fauoured.

8But he refused, and sayde vnto his maisters wyfe: Beholde, my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath committed all that he hath to my hande.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.

Proverbs 2:16That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes,

Proverbs 6:26By an harlot [a man is brought] to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man.

Proverbs 7:15Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee.

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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