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

The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.

And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;

Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.

Lie

And when she took them to give them to him, he put his arms round her and said, Come to bed, my sister.

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.

You put up your high places at the top of every street, and made the grace of your form a disgusting thing, opening your feet to everyone who went by, increasing your loose ways.