Genesis 39:10

She spoke to Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her or to be with her.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

In Context

9No one is greater in this house than I am. 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 against God?”

11It came about one day that he went into the house to do his work. None of the men of the house were there in the house.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:8But he refused and said to his master's wife, “Look, my master does not pay attention to what I do in the house, and he has put everything that he owns under my care.

Proverbs 2:16Wisdom and discretion will save you from an adulterous woman, 1 from an immoral woman and her flattering words. 1

Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far away from her 1 and do not come near the door of her house. 1

Proverbs 7:5in order to keep yourself from the adulterous woman, 1 from the immoral woman with her smooth words. 1

Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house, 1 on a seat in the highest places of the town. 1

Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; 1 Yahweh's anger is stirred up against anyone who falls into it. 1

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 →

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