the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
Genesis 39:7 - Y'all Version Bible Sometime after these things happened, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph. She 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 men were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister!”
“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I gaze at a young woman?
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
You have built your lofty place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.
You are different from other women in your prostitution, in that no one follows you to play the prostitute; and whereas you give hire, and no hire is given to you, therefore you are different.”’
But I tell y’all that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has committed adultery with her already in their heart.
They have eyes full of adultery and never-ending sin, seducing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed—accursed children!
For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.