Genesis 39:9

9 "1There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing * from me except * you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and 2sin against God?"

Genesis 39:9 In-Context

7 It came about after these events that his master's wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me."
8 But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my charge.
9 "There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?"
10 As she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.
11 Now it happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Genesis 41:40
  • 2. Genesis 20:6; Genesis 42:18; 2 Samuel 12:13; Psalms 51:4

Footnotes 1

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