Genesis 39:7

And it came to pass after these things, that eshet adonav cast her eyes upon Yosef; and she said, Lie with me.

Orthodox Jewish 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

6And he left all that he had in the yad Yosef; and he knew not ought he had, save the lechem which he did eat. And Yosef was yafeh to'ar (well built) and yafeh mareh (good looking).

8But he refused, and said unto eshet adonav, Look, with me [here], adoni knows not what is in the bais, and he hath entrusted all that he hath to my yad;

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2That the bnei HaElohim saw the banot HaAdam that they were tovot; and they took them nashim of all which they chose.

Job 31:1I made a brit (covenant) with mine eyes; 1 how then look I upon a betulah? 1

Proverbs 2:16To save thee from the isha zarah (strange woman), 1 even from the nokhriyah (strange [immoral] woman) which useth smooth words; 1

Proverbs 6:26For by means of an isha zonah a man is reduced to a kikar lechem; 1 and [another] manʼs wife will prey on the nefesh yekara (precious soul). 1

Proverbs 7:15Al ken (therefore) came I forth to meet thee, 1 diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 1

Ezekiel 16:25Thou hast built thy ramah at rosh derech (crossroad), and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast spread open thy raglayim to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy zonah harlotry.

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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