Genesis 39:7

In 11 translations

BSB

and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

KJV

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

WEB

After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”

ASV

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

LSV

And it comes to pass after these things, that his lord’s wife lifts up her eyes to Joseph and says, “Lie with me”;

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And after many days his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie with me.

GNV

Nowe therefore after these thinges, his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide, Lye with me.

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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WLC

וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וַתִּשָּׂ֧א אֵֽשֶׁת־אֲדֹנָ֛יו אֶת־עֵינֶ֖יהָ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֑ף וַתֹּ֖אמֶר שִׁכְבָ֥ה עִמִּֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα, καὶ ἐπέβαλεν ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῆς ἐπὶ Ἰωσήφ· καὶ εἶπεν, κοιμήθητι μετʼ ἐμοῦ.

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• 2 Samuel 13:11And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
• 2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
• Ezekiel 16:34So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!
• 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
• Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Ezekiel 16:32You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
• Ezekiel 23:12–16She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men. And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same…
• Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
• Ezekiel 23:5–6Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
• Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
• Proverbs 5:9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
• Proverbs 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
• Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
• Ezekiel 16:25At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
• Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
• Proverbs 7:15–18So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you. I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon. Come, let us take our…

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