Genesis 39
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Genesis 39:2-9

21The Lord was with Joseph, so he became a 2successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. 3Now his master 3saw that the Lord was with him and how the Lord 4caused all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4So Joseph 5found favor in his sight and 6became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and 7all that he owned he put in his 8charge. 5It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the Lord 9blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; thus 10the Lord’s blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field. 6So he left everything he owned in Joseph’s 11charge; and with him there he did not 12concern himself with anything except the 13food which he 14ate.

Now Joseph was 15handsome in form and appearance. 7It came about after these events 16that his master’s wife 17looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, “18Lie with me.” 8But 19he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, with me here, my master 20does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my 21charge. 92223There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and 24sin against God?”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 39:2 Gen 39:3, 21, 23; Acts 7:9 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 39:2 Or prosperous ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 39:3 Gen 21:22; 26:28 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 39:3 Ps 1:3 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 39:4 Gen 18:3; 19:19 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 39:4 Or ministered to him ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 39:4 Gen 24:2; 39:8, 22 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 39:4 Lit hand ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 39:5 Gen 30:27 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 39:5 Deut 28:3, 4, 11 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 39:6 Lit hand ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 39:6 Lit know ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 39:6 Lit bread ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 39:6 Or used to eat ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 39:6 Gen 29:17; 1 Sam 16:12 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 39:7 Prov 7:15-20 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 39:7 Lit lifted up her eyes at ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 39:7 2 Sam 13:11 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 39:8 Prov 6:23, 24 ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 39:8 Lit does not know what is in the house ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 39:8 Lit hand ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 39:9 Or He is not greater ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 39:9 Gen 41:40 ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 39:9 Gen 20:6; 42:18; 2 Sam 12:13; Ps 51:4 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 39

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