Genesis 39:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.””
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“and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, `Lie with me;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 39:7 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
- 2 Samuel 13:11And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
- Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 5:9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
- Proverbs 6:26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
- Proverbs 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
- Proverbs 7:15So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
- Ezekiel 16:25At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
- Ezekiel 16:32You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
- Ezekiel 16:34So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite!
- Ezekiel 23:5Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
- Ezekiel 23:12She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
- Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- 2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
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