Genesis 39:10

Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

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KJV

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

ASV

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

YLT

And it cometh to pass at her speaking unto Joseph day by day, that he hath not hearkened unto her, to lie near her, to be with her;

DBT

And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her [and] to be with her,

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The young man is desired by his mistress but is not provoked to lust. He is asked and runs away. She who commanded in other matters, in this one thing coaxes and pleads. She loved him, or was it rather herself? I think that it …

Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 90.2, 542patristic

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And it came to pass, that as she spake to Joseph day by day,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

The temptation he was assaulted with was very strong. Never was a more violent onset made upon the fort of chastity than this recorded here. (1.) The sin he was tempted to was uncleanness, which considering his youth, his beauty, his single state, and his plentiful living at the table of a ruler, was a sin which, one would think, might most easily beset him and betray him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Cross-references

20 linked verses

The verses this one reaches12

1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil.
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Esther 3:4
Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
Genesis 39:8
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Genesis 39:12
She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
Proverbs 9:14
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
Proverbs 7:5
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Proverbs 5:8
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

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Word doors

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

Who & where

PersonPatriarchsJosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exodus.

About this book

The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
leads to
- Proverbs 13:20
  He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Matthew 24:4
  Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6
  Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- Proverbs 9:6
  Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- Ephesians 5:6
  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Through
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 3:11
  He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
Through
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
leads to
- 1 John 2:15–17
  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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