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Though she spokeוַיְהִי כְּדַבְּרָהּto Josephאֶל יוֹסֵףdayיוֹםafter day,יוֹםhe did notוְלֹאlistenשָׁמַעto her,אֵלֶיהָto lieלִשְׁכַּבbeside her,אֶצְלָהּto beלִהְיוֹתwith her.עִמָּהּ
Genesis 39:10
Study it in the app“Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her, to lie beside her, to be with her.”
Joseph refuses his master's wife: it would be a sin against GodPurityJoseph refuses to betray his master's trust, and runs outsideTemptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 39:10, word by word
- Though she spokeיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- Though she spokeדַבְּרָdabra
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabra” appears- to Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- listenשָׁמַעshama
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shama” appears- to lieשְׁכַּבshekav
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “shekav” appears- beside herאֶצְלָetsla
beside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsla” appears
The context
9He is not greater in this house than I, and he has not withheld from me anything except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against Elohim?”
10 · This verse (above)
11It happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was there in the house.
To study Genesis 39 in a group
1. What it says
What happened to Joseph in Potiphar’s house, and why did he end up in prison (vv. 2-20)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that YHWH was with Joseph even in prison (vv. 21-23)?
3. How I live it
How can you keep your integrity when doing the right thing costs you?