Genesis 39:7

and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

Berean Standard Bible

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

6So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

8But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

Proverbs 6:26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Proverbs 7:15So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.

Ezekiel 16:25At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

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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