10 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.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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Commentary on Genesis 39 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 39
At this chapter we return to the story of Joseph. We have him here,
Gen 39:1-6
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Gen 39:7-12
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Gen 39:13-18
Joseph's mistress, having tried in vain to make him a criminal, now endeavours to represent him as one; so to be revenged on him for his virtue. Now was her love turned into the utmost rage and malice, and she pretends she cannot endure the sight of him whom awhile ago she could not endure out of her sight. Chaste and holy love will continue, though slighted; but sinful love, like Amnon's to Tamar, is easily changed into sinful hatred.
Gen 39:19-23
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