10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, `or' to be with her.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
I desire therefore that the younger `widows' marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand:
And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. For on account of a harlot `a man is brought' to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
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Commentary on Genesis 39 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 39
At this chapter we return to the story of Joseph. We have him here,
Gen 39:1-6
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Gen 39:7-12
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Gen 39:13-18
Joseph's mistress, having tried in vain to make him a criminal, now endeavours to represent him as one; so to be revenged on him for his virtue. Now was her love turned into the utmost rage and malice, and she pretends she cannot endure the sight of him whom awhile ago she could not endure out of her sight. Chaste and holy love will continue, though slighted; but sinful love, like Amnon's to Tamar, is easily changed into sinful hatred.
Gen 39:19-23
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