Verse 7
Genesis 39:7
World English Bible, British Edition
7
After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she
said, “Lie with me.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה וַ/תִּשָּׂ֧א אֵֽשֶׁת אֲדֹנָ֛י/ו אֶת עֵינֶ֖י/הָ אֶל יוֹסֵ֑ף וַ/תֹּ֖אמֶר שִׁכְבָ֥/ה עִמִּֽ/י
English Translation
And it came to pass after these things that Potiphar's wife lifted her eyes to Joseph and said, "Lie with me."
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Chapter 39 Context
1
Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the
captain of the guard, an Eg...
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2
The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the
house of his master the Egyptia...
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3
His master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all
that he did prosper in his han...
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4
Joseph found favour in his sight. He ministered to him, and Potiphar
made him overseer over his hous...
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5
From the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that
he had, the LORD blessed the...
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6
He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with
anything, except for the fo...
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7
After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she
said, “Lie with me.”
8
But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master
doesn’t know what is with me in th...
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9
No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything
from me but you, becaus...
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10
As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her,
to lie by her, or to be with her.
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11
About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were
none of the men of the house...
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12
She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!”
He left his garment in her hand, and ran outsi...
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13
When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run
outside,
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14
she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold,
he has brought a Hebrew in t...
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15
When he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment
by me, and ran outside.”
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16
She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
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17
She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant,
whom you have brought to us,...
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18
and as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and
ran outside.”
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19
When his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke
to him, saying, “This is what your serv...
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20
Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where
the king’s prisoners were bou...
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21
But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave
him favour in the sight of the ke...
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22
The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners
who were in the prison. Whatev...
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23
The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under
his hand, because the LORD was wi...
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