Study it in the app“He 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?””
Joseph refuses his master's wife: it would be a sin against GodPurityJoseph refuses to betray his master's trust, and runs outsideTemptation
He is notאֵינֶנּוּgreaterגָדוֹלin thisבַּ הַזֶּהhouseבַּיִתthan I,מִמֶּנִּיand he has notוְלֹאwithheldחָשַׂךְfrom meמִמֶּנִּיanythingמְאוּמָהexceptכִּי אִםyou,אוֹתָךְbecauseבַּאֲשֶׁרyouאַתְּare his wife.אִשְׁתּוֹHow thenוְאֵיךְcould I doאֶעֱשֶׂהthisהַזֹּאתgreatהַגְּדֹלָהevilהָרָעָהand sinוְחָטָאתִיagainst Elohim?”לֵאלֹהִים
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearshold back
To refuse to give something and keep it for oneself.
Where else “chasach” appearsanything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears8But he refused and said to his lord’s wife, “Look, with me here my lord does not concern himself with what is in the house, and all that he has he has put in my hand.
9 · This verse (above)
10Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her, to lie beside her, to be with her.
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?
