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Genesis 39:10

Good News Translation

Although she asked Joseph day after day, he would not go to bed with her.

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But one day when Joseph went into the house to do his work, none of the house servants was there.

He refused and said to her, “Look, my master does not have to concern himself with anything in the house, because I am here. He has put me in charge of everything he has.

I have as much authority in this house as he has, and he has not kept back anything from me except you. How then could I do such an immoral thing and sin against God?”

My child, don't go with people like that. Stay away from them.

You will be able to resist any immoral woman who tries to seduce you with her smooth talk,

Adultery is a trap—it catches those with whom the Lord is angry.

Prostitutes and immoral women are a deadly trap.

They wait for you like robbers and cause many men to be unfaithful.

The lips of another man's wife may be as sweet as honey and her kisses as smooth as olive oil,

Keep away from such a woman! Don't even go near her door!

She threw her arms around the young man, kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and said,

They will keep you away from other men's wives, from women with seductive words.

She sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the highest part of town,

“Come in, ignorant people!” To the foolish she says,

Do not be fooled. “Bad companions ruin good character.”

Avoid immorality. Any other sin a man commits does not affect his body; but the man who is guilty of sexual immorality sins against his own body.

So I would prefer that the younger widows get married, have children, and take care of their homes, so as to give our enemies no chance of speaking evil of us.

Avoid the passions of youth, and strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who with a pure heart call out to the Lord for help.

I appeal to you, my friends, as strangers and refugees in this world! Do not give in to bodily passions, which are always at war against the soul.




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