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 the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing;

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Lie

And when she had brought them near 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 foreigner that flattereth with her words;

Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

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

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom.