the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
Genesis 39:7 - English Standard Version 2016 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie 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. |
the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?
Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have the forehead of a whore; you refuse to be ashamed.
At the head of every street you built your lofty place and made your beauty an abomination, offering yourself to any passerby and multiplying your whoring.
So you were different from other women in your whorings. No one solicited you to play the whore, and you gave payment, while no payment was given to you; therefore you were different.
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.