Genesis 39:7-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 39:7-12

Here is, I. A most shameful instance of impudence and immodesty in Joseph's mistress, the shame and scandal of her sex, perfectly lost to all virtue and honour, and not to be mentioned, nor thought of, without the utmost indignation. It was well that she was an Egyptian; for we must have shared in the confusion if such folly had been found in Israel. Observe, I. Her sin began in the eye: She cast her eyes upon Joseph (Gen. 39:7), who was a goodly person, and well-favoured, Gen. 39:6. Note,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 39:7

And it came to pass after these things ,.... After he was the overseer of his house; in which office, after he had been some time, so it was that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph ; he being a handsome young man, caught her eye, and that her heart, and led her on to lust after him, and frequently fed her eyes with amorous glances at him: and at length being fired with lust, and having an opportunity: she said , to him, in a bold and impudent manner, in plain words,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 39:8

But he refused, and said unto his master's wife ,.... Reasoning with her about the evil nature of the crime she tempted him to, which to commit would be ingratitude, as well as injury to his master, and a sin against God; by which it appears that Joseph was a partaker of the grace of God, and that this was in strong exercise at this time, by which he was preserved from the temptation he was beset with: behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house ; what goods or money are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 39:9

There is none greater in this house than I ,.... Not any of the servants of the house, he was the chief of them, who had all the rest under him; or rather, "he himself is not greater F17 איננו גדול "non ipse magnus", Montanus; "ne ipse quidem est me major", Junius & Tremellius, Munster, Fagius, Drusius, Mercerus, Cartwright. in this house than I"; that is, his master was not greater than he: he had a greater propriety in the house and the things of it, and he had the original... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 39:10

And it came to pass, that as she spake to Joseph day by day ,.... Continually, incessantly, hoping in time to prevail upon him to comply with her desires; so that the temptation, as it was strong, and very ensnaring, it was urgent, and frequent, and pressed with great importunity; which required the more grace and spiritual strength to resist: that he hearkened not unto her ; not only did not yield to her, but would not give her an hearing, at least as little as possible he could, lest... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:8

My master wotteth not - Knoweth not, from the old Anglo-Saxon, witan , to know; hence, wit, intellect, understanding, wisdom, prudence. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:9

How then - ואיך veeik , and how? Joseph gives two most powerful reasons for his noncompliance with the wishes of his mistress: Gratitude to his master, to whom he owed all that he had. His fear of God, in whose sight it would be a heinous offense, and who would not fail to punish him for it. With the kindness of his master and the displeasure of God before his eyes, how could he be capable of committing an act of transgression, which would at once have distinguished him as the most... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:7

Verse 7 7.Lie with me (145) Moses only briefly touches upon the chief points, and the sum of the things he relates. For there is no doubt that this impure woman endeavored, by various arts, to allure the pious youth, and that she insinuated herself by indirect blandishments, before she broke forth to such a shameless kind of license. But Moses, omitting other things, shows that she had been pushed so far by base lust, as not to shrink from openly soliciting a connection with Joseph. Now as this... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:10

Verse 10 10.As she spake to Joseph day by day. The constancy of Joseph is commended; from which it appears that a real fear of God reigned in his mind. Whence it came to pass that he not only repelled one attack, but stood forth, to the last, the conqueror of all temptations. We know how easy it is to fall when Satan tempts us through another: because we seem exempt from blame, if he who induces us to commit the crime, bears a part of it. (146) Holy Joseph, therefore, must have been endowed... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 39:1-23

Joseph is the house of Potiphar. I. PURCHASED AS A SLAVE . 1. A sad lot. Worse even than being kidnapped by strangers, Joseph had been first sold by his brethren; carried into Egypt, he had there been exposed for sale in a slave-market; and now, as if he had been a beast of burden or a captive taken in war, he had been a second time purchased for money. Few fortunes are more touchingly sorrowful or more deeply humiliating than this which was now measured out to Jacob's... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 39:7-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 39:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 39:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 39:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 39:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 39:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 39:1-23

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