Genesis 39:8
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,
7 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
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?”
10 Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
- WEB
- But 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.
- ASV
- But he refused, and said unto his master`s wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand:
- DARBY
- But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand.
- BLB
- And he refused, and said to the wife of his lord, “Behold, my lord has not known with me what [is] in the house, and all that he had he has put in my hand.
- ÅB
- Men han ville ikke og sa til sin herres hustru: Min herre ser ikke til med meg i noen ting i hele sitt hus, og alt det han eier, har han lagt i mine hender;
- OTB
- Men han nektet og sa til sin herres kone: «Med meg som ansvarlig, bekymrer min herre seg ikke for noe i huset; han har betrodd meg alt han eier.
- B1930
- Men han vilde ikke og sa til sin herres hustru: Min herre ser ikke til med mig i nogen ting i hele sitt hus, og alt det han eier, har han lagt i mine hender;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
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The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
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He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
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Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
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