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Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

Genesis 39:10

In 11 translations

BSB
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
KJV
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.
WEB
As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
ASV
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.
LSV
And it comes to pass at her speaking to Joseph day [by] day, that he has not listened to her, to lie near her, to be with her;
YLT
And it cometh to pass at her speaking unto Joseph day [by] day, that he hath not hearkened unto her, to lie near her, to be with her;
DBY
And it came to pass as she spoke to Joseph day by day and he hearkened not to her, to lie with her [and] to be with her,
DRC
With such words as these day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery.
GNV
And albeit she spake to Ioseph day by day, yet he hearkened not vnto her, to lye with her, or to be in her company.
JPS
And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
LXXE
And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he hearkened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְהִ֕י כְּדַבְּרָ֥הּ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֖ף י֣וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֥ע אֵלֶ֛יהָ לִשְׁכַּ֥ב אֶצְלָ֖הּ לִהְי֥וֹת עִמָּֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
Ἡνίκα δὲ ἐλάλει τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουεν αὐτῇ καθεύδειν μετʼ αὐτῆς, τοῦ συγγενέσθαι αὐτῇ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
  • 2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
  • Genesis 39:8But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
  • Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
  • Proverbs 1:15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
  • Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
  • Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
  • Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
  • Proverbs 6:25–26Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
  • Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
  • Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
  • Proverbs 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

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