Genesis 39:11 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 39:11

One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

KJV

And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And it came to pass about this time,.... About a week, or a month, or rather a year, as Aben Ezra thinks, after she first began her solicitations to him.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כְּהַיּ֣וֹם	ke.hai.Yom	when the day	H3117 →
הַזֶּ֔ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
וַיָּבֹ֥א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he went	H935 →
הַבַּ֖יְתָה	ha.Bay.tah	the house towards	H1004 →
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to do	H6213 →
מְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ	me.lakh.To	work his	H4399 →
וְאֵ֨ין	ve.'Ein	and not	H369 →
אִ֜ישׁ	'ish	anyone	H376 →
מֵאַנְשֵׁ֥י	me.'an.Shei	from [the] men of	H582 →
הַבַּ֛יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
שָׁ֖ם	sham	[was] there	H8033 →
בַּבָּֽיִת׃	ba.Ba.yit	in the house	H1004 →

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

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The walk

The walk8

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
Ephesians 5:3
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
leads to
- Colossians 3:5
  Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- Ephesians 5:5
  For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
Through
Jeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
leads to
- Proverbs 15:3
  The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Psalms 139:7
  Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
- Psalms 90:8
  You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Through
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
leads to
- James 5:8–9
  You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.