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.
KJV
Post multos itaque dies injecit domina sua oculos suos in Joseph, et ait : Dormi mecum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα καὶ ἐπέβαλεν ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῆς ἐπὶ Ἰωσήφ, καὶ εἶπεν Κοιμήθητι μετ’ ἐμοῦ.
LXX
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה וַ/תִּשָּׂ֧א אֵֽשֶׁת אֲדֹנָ֛י/ו אֶת עֵינֶ֖י/הָ אֶל יוֹסֵ֑ף וַ/תֹּ֖אמֶר שִׁכְבָ֥/ה עִמִּֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.
Cross-references
- 1John 2:16 — 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.
- 2Pet 2:14 — Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
- 2Sam 13:11 — 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.
- Ezek 16:32 — But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
- Ezek 16:34 — And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art c
- Ezek 23:5 — And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
- Ezek 23:12 — She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
- Gen 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto
- Job 31:1 — I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
- Matt 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- Matt 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.