New English Translation
Genesis 39:9-19
9There is no one greater in this household 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?”
10Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to have sex with her.
11One day he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants were there in the house.
12She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, “Have sex with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside.
13When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,
14she called for her household servants and said to them, “See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to have sex with me, but I screamed loudly.
15When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside.”
16So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.
17This is what she said to him: “That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me,
18but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside.”
19When his master heard his wife say, “This is the way your slave treated me,” he became furious.
Commentaries on Genesis 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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