Genesis 39:7

Nowe therefore after these thinges, his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide, Lye with me.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

6Therefore he left all that he had in Iosephs hand, and tooke accompt of nothing, that was with him, saue onely of the bread, which he did eate. And Ioseph was a faire person, and well fauoured.

8But he refused and said to his masters wife, Beholde, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to mine hande.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:2Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire, and they tooke them wiues of all that they liked.

Job 31:1I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?

Proverbs 2:16And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.

Proverbs 6:26For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.

Proverbs 7:15Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.

Ezekiel 16:25Thou hast built thine hie place at euery corner of the way, and hast made thy beautie to be abhorred: thou hast opened thy feete to euery one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredome.

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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