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 the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.

I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?

Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life.

And Oholah whored under Me. And she lusted after her lovers, to her Assyrian neighbors,

But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

having eyes full of adultery and never ceasing from sin, alluring unstable souls, having a heart exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children

because 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 to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, Come lie with me, my sister.

They will deliver you from the strange woman, the stranger who flatters with her words,

lest you give your honor to others and your years to the cruel;

And she caught him and kissed him, and with a hard face she said to 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 way, and have made your beauty to be despised, and have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and have multiplied your fornications.