Now one day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there.
Genesis 39:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She spoke to Joseph day after day, but he did not listen to her, to lie with her or to be with her. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Every single day she tried to convince him, but he wouldn’t agree to sleep with her or even to be with her. Catholic Public Domain Version With such words as these, throughout each day, the woman was pestering the young man, and he was refusing the adultery. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version With such words as these, day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery. |
Now one day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there.
But 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 put all that he owns under my authority.
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil, and how could I sin against God? ’
It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,
The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a wayward woman is a narrow well;
indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber and increases the number of unfaithful people.
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a wayward woman with her flattering talk.
She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
‘Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ’ To the one who lacks sense, she says,
Flee sexual immorality! Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body.
Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.
Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.