Genesis 39:7

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Summary

Genesis 39:7

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Cast

1 John 2:16

Lie

Bible References

Cast

that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair, and they took for themselves wives of all whom they chose.

I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a maid?

Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way.

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she fell in love with her lovers, the Assyrians her neighbours,

but I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

having their eyes full of adultery, and not knowing how to cease from sin, baiting unstable souls, having their heart exercised in covetous practices; cursed sons,

For 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.

Lie

And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

to deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,

lest thou give thine honour unto others and thy years unto the cruel,

So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said unto him,

Therefore the rain has been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and thou dost have a whore's forehead, thou dost refuse to be ashamed.

Thou hast built thy altar at every head of every way and hast made thy beauty abominable and hast opened thy thighs to every one that passed by and multiplied thy whoredoms.