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the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Kejadian 39:12

Lalu perempuan itu memegang baju Yusuf sambil berkata: "Marilah tidur dengan aku." Tetapi Yusuf meninggalkan bajunya di tangan perempuan itu dan lari ke luar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Accusation, False;   Adultery;   Character;   Chastity;   Conscience;   Continence;   Decision;   Integrity;   Joseph;   Master;   Servant;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Joseph;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Joseph;   Pharaoh;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Genesis;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Pharaoh;   Potiphar;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jo'seph;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cloak;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Joseph;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Lalu perempuan itu memegang baju Yusuf sambil berkata: "Marilah tidur dengan aku." Tetapi Yusuf meninggalkan bajunya di tangan perempuan itu dan lari ke luar.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka dicapailah oleh perempuan itu akan dia pada jubahnya sambil katanya: Seketiduranlah kiranya dengan aku. Tetapi dilucutkan oleh Yusuf jubahnya, yang tinggal di tangan perempuan itu, lalu larilah ia ke luar.

Contextual Overview

7 And after this, his maisters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide: [come] lye with me. 8 But he refused, and sayde vnto his maisters wyfe: Beholde, my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath committed all that he hath to my hande. 9 There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God? 10 And after this maner spake she to Ioseph day by day: but he hearkened not vnto her to sleepe neare her, or to be in her company. 11 And on a certaine conuenient day, Ioseph entred into the house to do his businesse, and there was none of the housholde by, in the house. 12 Then she caught him by the garment, saying: lye with me. And he left his garment in her hande, and fledde, and got hym out.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

caught: Genesis 39:8, Genesis 39:10, Proverbs 7:13-27, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Ezekiel 16:30, Ezekiel 16:31

and he left: 1 Samuel 15:27, Proverbs 1:15, Proverbs 5:8, Proverbs 6:5, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Mark 14:51, Mark 14:52, 1 Corinthians 15:33, 2 Timothy 2:22, 1 Peter 2:11

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 13:11 - Come lie 1 Corinthians 6:18 - Flee

Cross-References

Genesis 39:8
But he refused, and sayde vnto his maisters wyfe: Beholde, my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath committed all that he hath to my hande.
Genesis 39:10
And after this maner spake she to Ioseph day by day: but he hearkened not vnto her to sleepe neare her, or to be in her company.
Genesis 39:13
And when she sawe that he had lefte his garment in her hande, and was fled out:
1 Samuel 15:27
And as Samuel turned hym selfe to go away, he caught the lappe of his coate, and it rent.
Proverbs 1:15
My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes.
Proverbs 5:8
Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house.
Proverbs 6:5
Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the [hunter] and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceaued. Euyll wordes, corrupt good maners.
2 Timothy 2:22
Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghteousnesse, fayth, loue, peace, with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she caught him by his garment, saying, lie with me,.... It is very probable that before this time, as soon as ever she began to speak to him, he got away as fast as he could, and would not hear her; wherefore she now laid hold on his garment, in order to detain him, that she might have time to parley with him, and so prevail:

and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out; it was his outward loose garment she laid hold on, out of which he slipped himself, and so got clear of her, and ran away, and got out of the house as fast as he could: this he did, because he would not struggle with his mistress for his garment, which no doubt by his strength he could have got from her; and partly lest he should by handling of her have carnal desires excited in him, and so be overcome with her temptation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph in Potiphar’s House

According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven years to resume the story of Joseph.

Genesis 39:1-6

Joseph fares well with his first master. “Potiphar.” This is a racapitulation of the narrative in Genesis 37:0: “The Lord;” the God of covenant is with Joseph. “In the house.” Joseph was a domestic servant. “And his master saw.” The prosperity that attended all Joseph’s doings was so striking as to show that the Lord was with him. “Set him over” - made him overseer of all that was in his house. “The Lord blessed the Mizrite’s house.” He blesses those who bless his own Genesis 12:3. “Beautiful in form and look” Genesis 29:17. This prepares the way for the following occurrence.

Genesis 39:7-10

Joseph resists the daily solicitations of his master’s wife to lie with her. “None greater in this house than I.” He pleads the unreserved trust his master had reposed in him. He is bound by the law of honor, the law of chastity (this great evil), and the law of piety (sin against God). Joseph uses the common name of God in addressing this Egyptian. He could employ no higher pleas than the above.

Genesis 39:11-18

“At this day,” the day on which the occurrence now to be related took place. “To do his business.” He does not come in her way except at the call of duty. He hath brought in. She either does not condescend, or does not need to name her husband. “A Hebrew to mock us.” Her disappointment now provokes her to falsehood as the means of concealment and revenge. A Hebrew is still the only national designation proper to Joseph Genesis 14:13. Jacob’s descendants had not got beyond the family. The term Israelite was therefore, not yet in use. The national name is designedly used as a term of reproach among the Egyptians Genesis 43:32. “To mock us,” - to take improper liberties, not only with me, but with any of the females in the house. “I cried with a loud voice.” This is intended to be the proof of her innocence Deuteronomy 22:24, Deuteronomy 22:27. “Left his garments by me;” not in her hand, which would have been suspicious.

Genesis 39:19-23

Her husband believes her story and naturally resents the supposed unfaithfulness of his slave. His treatment of him is mild. He puts him in ward, probably to stand his trial for the offence. The Lord does not forsake the prisoner. He gives him favor with the governor of the jail. The same unlimited trust is placed in him by the governor as by his late master.


 
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