One day Joseph went into the house to do his work. He was the only man in the house at the time.
Genesis 39:10 - Easy To Read Version The woman talked with Joseph every day, but Joseph refused to sleep 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. |
One day Joseph went into the house to do his work. He was the only man in the house at the time.
But Joseph refused. He said, “My master trusts me with everything in his house. He has given me responsibility for everything here.
My master has made me almost equal to him in his house. I must not sleep with his wife! That is wrong! It is a sin against God.”
My son, don’t follow those people. Don’t even take the first step along that path.
Wisdom will save you from the woman stranger. Wisdom will save you from that foreign woman who says such sweet words when she tempts you to sin with her.
The sin of adultery is like a trap. The Lord will become very angry at the person who falls into that trap.
Prostitutes and bad women are a trap. They are like a deep well that you can’t get out of.
A bad woman waits for you like a thief. And she causes many men to become sinners.
Another man’s wife might be very charming; the words from her lips so sweet and inviting.
Stay away from the woman who does the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [5]} Don’t even go near the door of her house.
She grabbed the young man and kissed him. Without any shame she looked him in the eye and said,
Then they will protect you from the “other women.” They will protect you from their nice words that can lead you into sin.
She sits at the door of her house. She sits on her chair on the hill in the city.
“Come you people who need to learn.” She also invited foolish people.
So run away from sexual sin. Every other sin that a person does is outside his body. But the person that sins sexually sins against his own body.
So I want the younger widows to marry, have children, and take care of their homes. If they do this, then our enemy will not have any reason to criticize them.
Stay away from the evil things a young person wants to do. Try very hard to live right and to have faith, love, and peace. Do these things together with those people who have pure hearts and trust in the Lord.
Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers \{in this world\}. So I beg you to stay away from the evil things your bodies want to do. These things fight against your soul.