Genesis 39
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Genesis 39:6-18

6So he left 1Joseph in charge of everything that he owned; and with him there he did not 2concern himself with anything except the 3food which he 4ate.

Now Joseph was 5handsome in form and appearance. 7And it came about after these events 6that his master’s wife 7had her eyes on Joseph, and she said, “8Sleep with me.” 8But 9he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master 10does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has 11put me in charge of all that he owns. 91213There 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 14sin against God?” 10Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her. 11Now it happened 15one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the people of the household was there inside. 12So she grabbed him by his garment, saying, “Sleep with me!” But he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside. 1316When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, 14she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought in a 17Hebrew to us to make fun of us; he came in to me to sleep with me, and I 18screamed. 15When he heard that I raised my voice and 19screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside.” 16So she 20left his garment beside her until his master came home. 17Then she 21spoke to him 22with these 23words: “The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make fun of me; 18but when I raised my voice and 24screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 39:6 Lit in Joseph’s hand ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 39:6 Lit know ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 39:6 Lit bread ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 39:6 Or used to eat ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 39:6 Gen 29:17; 1 Sam 16:12 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 39:7 Prov 7:15-20 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 39:7 Lit lifted up her eyes at ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 39:7 2 Sam 13:11 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 39:8 Prov 6:23, 24 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 39:8 Lit does not know what is in the house ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 39:8 Lit handed over to me ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 39:9 Or He is not greater ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 39:9 Gen 41:40 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 39:9 Gen 20:6; 42:18; 2 Sam 12:13; Ps 51:4 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 39:11 Lit about this day ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 39:13 Lit And it came about when ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 39:14 Lit Hebrew man ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 39:14 Lit called with a great voice ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 39:15 Lit called out ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 39:16 Lit let...lie beside ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 39:17 Ex 23:1; Prov 26:28 ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 39:17 Lit according to ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 39:17 Lit words, saying ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 39:18 Lit called out ↩

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