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 which they chose.

I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maiden?

Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive me in your way.

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 whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

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 you from the immoral woman, even from the seductress who flatters with her words;

Lest you give your honor unto others, and your years unto the merciless:

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

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you had a harlot's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.

You have built your high place at the head of every street, and have made your beauty to be abhorred, and have offered yourself to everyone that passed by, and multiplied your harlotries.