Génesis 39:10

10 Y por más que ella lo acosaba día tras día para que se acostara con ella y le hiciera compañía, José se mantuvo firme en su rechazo.

Génesis 39:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 39:10

And it came to pass, that as she spake to Joseph day by day,
&c.] Continually, incessantly, hoping in time to prevail upon him to comply with her desires; so that the temptation, as it was strong, and very ensnaring, it was urgent, and frequent, and pressed with great importunity; which required the more grace and spiritual strength to resist: that he hearkened not unto her;
not only did not yield to her, but would not give her an hearing, at least as little as possible he could, lest he should be overcome by her persuasions: to lie by her, [or] to be with her;
she might tempt him to lie by her, if he would not lie with her; or to lie, as Aben Ezra interprets it, in a place near her, in a chamber next to hers, in hopes by degrees to gain her point; but he would not yield to either, nor to be in her company, and have any conversation with her, at least as little as possible, that he might not be in the way of temptation, and be led into it; though these phrases may all signify carnal copulation with her, which was what his mistress solicited, and he would not hearken to her in, and comply with her.

Génesis 39:10 In-Context

8 Pero José no quiso saber nada, sino que le contestó:—Mire, señora: mi patrón ya no tiene que preocuparse de nada en la casa, porque todo me lo ha confiado a mí.

9 En esta casa no hay nadie más importante que yo. Mi patrón no me ha negado nada, excepto meterme con usted, que es su esposa. ¿Cómo podría yo cometer tal maldad y pecar así contra Dios?

10 Y por más que ella lo acosaba día tras día para que se acostara con ella y le hiciera compañía, José se mantuvo firme en su rechazo.

11 Un día, en un momento en que todo el personal de servicio se encontraba ausente, José entró en la casa para cumplir con sus responsabilidades.

12 Entonces la mujer de Potifar lo agarró del manto y le rogó: «¡Acuéstate conmigo!»Pero José, dejando el manto en manos de ella, salió corriendo de la casa.