Genesis 39:7

After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”

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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

6He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.

8But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

Job 31:1“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

Proverbs 2:16to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,

Proverbs 6:26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

Proverbs 7:15Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

Ezekiel 16:25You have built your lofty place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.

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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