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, - so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose,

A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes, - How then could I gaze upon a virgin?

Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.

Then became Oholah unchaste after she had become mine- And lusted after her lovers, For Assyrians, so warlike,

But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart.

Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed, - children of a curse, -

Because, all that is in the world - the coveting of the flesh, the coveting of the eyes, and the vain grandeur of life - is not of the Father, but is, of the world;

Lie

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

To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:

So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:

Therefore have been withholden the showers, And, the latter rain, hath not come, - Yet the forehead of an unchaste woman, hast thou, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

At the head of every road, didst thou bud thy height, And bring thy beauty into disgust, And open thy feet to every passer-by, So didst thou make thine unchaste ways to abound.