Genesis 39:7
And after many days, his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie with me.
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Genesis 6:2The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose. The sons of God... The descendants of Seth and Enos are here called sons of God from their religion and piety: whereas the ungodly race of Cain, who by their carnal affections lay grovelling upon the earth, are called the children of men. The unhappy consequence of the former marrying with the latter, ought to be a warning to Christians to be very circumspect in their marriages; and not to suffer themselves to be determined in their choice by their carnal passion, to the prejudice of virtue or religion.
Job 31:1I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
Proverbs 2:16That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words;
Proverbs 6:26For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.
Proverbs 7:15Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.
Ezekiel 16:25At every head of the way thou hast set up a sign of thy prostitution: and hast made thy beauty to be abominable: and hast prostituted thyself to every one that passed by, and hast multiplied thy 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 →