Genesis 39:7
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And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
In other translations
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961אַחַר'acharafterH310הַדְּבָרִיםhadevarimthe thingsH1697הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428וַתִּשָּׂאvatisa'and she lifted upH5375אֵשֶׁת־'eshet-[the] wife ofH802אֲדֹנָיו'adonavmaster<s> hisH113אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֵינֶיהָ'eineihaeyes herH5869אֶל־'el-toH413יוֹסֵףyosefJosephH3130וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559שִׁכְבָהshikhvahlie !H7901עִמִּי׃'imiwith meH5973
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 13:11And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
- 2 Peter 2:14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
- Ezekiel 16:34And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Matthew 5:28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- Ezekiel 16:32But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
- Ezekiel 23:12-1612 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. 13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, 14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, 15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:12 She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men. 13 And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path. 14 But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion, 15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
- Ezekiel 23:5-65 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.5 Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors 6 clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
- Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
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