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 mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

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

But I say unto you, That whosoever 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; beguiling unstable souls: an 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 thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth 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 showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.