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Genesis 39:7

Joseph
Temptation

5 From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.

6 So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

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?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
WEB
After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”
ASV
And it came to pass after these things, that his master`s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
DARBY
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!
BLB
And it came to pass after these things that the wife of his lord lifted up her eyes to Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”
ÅB
Og en tid etter hendte det at hans herres hustru kastet sine øyne på Josef og sa: Kom og ligg hos meg!
OTB
Etter en tid la hans herres kone merke til Josef og sa: «Ligg med meg.»
B1930
Og nogen tid efter hendte det at hans herres hustru kastet sine øine på Josef og sa: Kom og ligg hos mig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 16:34

    So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!

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  • 2 Samuel 13:11

    And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”

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  • 2 Peter 2:14

    Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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  • Ezekiel 16:32

    You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!

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  • Ezekiel 23:12–16

    She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.

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  • Ezekiel 23:5–6

    Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors

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  • Job 31:1

    “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

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  • 1 John 2:16

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

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