Genesis 39:9
No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin ·err (the standard goal)· against God?”
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Genesis 20:6God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning ·deviating (from the standard goal)· against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.
Genesis 41:40You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.”
Exodus 20:14+ 20:14. Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18 [Heb Bible Ex 20:13; Deut 5:18] (#7.433): T. Not to commit adultery / R. This command is not included in Rambam’s 613 list R. Note: This command is not listed in the Rambam 613 list nor on the Messer 613 list Consider: This is only a speculation, maybe this was not listed because Rambam thought it was encompassed by the command of not coveting, Command 10 (Ex 20:17) / Consider: This is only a speculation, maybe this was not listed because Rambam thought the command of (Lev 18:6 OU437) or (Lev 18:19 OU456) and the whole of (Lev ch 18) encompassed this singular command “You shall not commit adultery. + 20:14. Quoted in James 2:11 + 20:14. Quoted in Matt 5:27; Rom 2:22
Leviticus 20:10+ 20:10. Lev 20:10 (#6.399): T. “Both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death” / R. For the court to execute by strangulation T. Note: (Leviticus 20) does not explain how the adulterers are to be put to death, simply that they are to be executed R. Note: The Rabbis teach this strangulation execution was not preformed in malice nor by human hands. “The strangling was thus performed; they that were strangled were fixed up to their knees in dung, and then they put a hard napkin within a soft one, and rolled it about his neck” ( Sanhedrin, c.7. sect.3) “‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, that is with the wife of a fellow countryman, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. + 20:10. Selectively Quoted in John 8:4-5 with Deut 22:21 + 20:10 Context of John 8:5
Matthew Henry on Genesis 39:8-13
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph… Read the whole commentary →