She started to feed Amnon, but he grabbed her hand. He said to her, “Sister, come and sleep with me.”
Genesis 39:7 - Easy To Read Version After some time, the wife of Joseph’s master began to like Joseph. One day she said to him, “Sleep with me.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then after a time his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lie with me. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. Common English Bible Some time later, his master’s wife became attracted to Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And so, after many days, his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and she said, "Sleep with me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And after many days his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and said: Lie with me. |
She started to feed Amnon, but he grabbed her hand. He said to her, “Sister, come and sleep with me.”
“I made an agreement with my eyes\par not to look at a girl in a way\par that would make me want her.\par
Lord, don’t let me look at worthless things.\par Help me live your way.\par
My son, some people love to do bad things—and those people will try to make you do bad things too. Don’t listen to them!
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.
If you do, then other people will get the honor you should have had. And some stranger will get all the things you worked years to get.
A prostitute {\cf2\super [6]} might cost a loaf of bread. But the wife of another man can cost you your life!
She grabbed the young man and kissed him. Without any shame she looked him in the eye and said,
You sinned, so the rain has not come.\par There have not been any springtime rains.\par But still you refuse to be ashamed.\par The look on your face is like the look\par that a prostitute has when she\par refuses to be ashamed.\par You refuse to be ashamed of what you did.\par
You built your mounds at the head of every road. Then you degraded your beauty. You used it to catch every man that walked by. You raised your skirt so they could see your legs, and then you were like a prostitute {\cf2\super [123]} with those men.
You adulterous woman. You prefer having sex with strangers rather than your own husband.
You are just the opposite of most prostitutes. Most prostitutes force men to pay them. But you pay the men to have sex with you.”
But I tell you that if a person looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, then that person has already done that sin with the woman in his mind.
Every time they look at a woman they want her. These false teachers are always sinning this way. They lead weaker people into the trap \{of sin\}. They have taught themselves well to be greedy. They are under a curse. {\cf2\super [9]}