Genesis 39:7
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
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Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
Job 31:1I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 6:26For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Proverbs 7:15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Ezekiel 16:25Thou hast built thy lofty place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom.
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 →