One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.
Genesis 39:10 - New International Version (Anglicised) And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even to be 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 he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.
But he refused. ‘With me in charge,’ he told her, ‘my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.
No-one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?’
Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.
for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
‘Let all who are simple come to my house!’ To those who have no sense she says,
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.
Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.