Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

It came about after these events that his master’s wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”

King James Version

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Holman Bible

After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

International Standard Version

Now Joseph was well built and good looking. That's why, sometime later, Joseph's master's wife looked straight at Joseph and propositioned him: "Come on! Let's have a little sex!"

A Conservative Version

And it came to pass, after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lay with me.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Amplified

Then after a time his master’s wife looked at Joseph with desire, and she said, “Lie with me.”

Bible in Basic English

And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be after these words, and his lord's wife will lift up her eyes to Joseph, and she will say, Lie with me.

King James 2000

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And it happened [that] after these things his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me."

Modern King James verseion

And after these things it happened that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph. And she said, Lie with me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And it fortuned, after this, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Come lie with me."

NET Bible

Soon after these things, his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Have sex with me."

New Heart English Bible

It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifted up her eyes unto Joseph, - and she said - Come! lie with me.

Webster

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph: and she said, Lie with me.

World English Bible

It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, 'Lie with me;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it came to pass after
אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

and she said

Usage: 0

Lie
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

References

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Context Readings

Joseph In Potiphar's House

6 So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. 7 It came about after these events that his master’s wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:11

But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister."

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.

Job 31:1

"I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

Proverbs 2:16

So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,

Proverbs 5:9

lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless,

Proverbs 7:13

She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,

Proverbs 7:15-18

so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have the forehead of a whore; you refuse to be ashamed.

Ezekiel 16:25

At the head of every street you built your lofty place and made your beauty an abomination, offering yourself to any passerby and multiplying your whoring.

Ezekiel 16:32

Adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband!

Ezekiel 16:34

So you were different from other women in your whorings. No one solicited you to play the whore, and you gave payment, while no payment was given to you; therefore you were different.

Ezekiel 23:5-6

"Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors

Ezekiel 23:12-16

She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world.

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