Genesis 39:10
8 But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
9 No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
11 One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
12 She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her [and] to be with her,
- BLB
- And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie beside her, to be with her.
- ÅB
- Som hun nå dag etter dag talte til Josef, og han ikke føyde henne i å ligge hos henne og være sammen med henne,
- OTB
- Selv om hun snakket til Josef dag etter dag, tok han ikke hensyn til hennes forespørsel om å ligge ved siden av henne eller være med henne.
- B1930
- Som hun nu dag efter dag talte til Josef, og han ikke føide henne i å ligge hos henne og være sammen med henne,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Read in context2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil.
Read in contextProverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Read in contextGenesis 39:8
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
Read in contextProverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
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