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.
Parallel translations
- WEB As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
- BSB Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
- NKJV So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.
- NASB Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.
- NLT She kept putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible.
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Quick answer
Though tempted day after day, Joseph consistently refuses to give in.
Overview
Temptation is persistent, but Joseph's resistance is equally steadfast over time. He avoids not only the act but even being alone with her, showing wise self-protection. His daily faithfulness models endurance against ongoing pressure to sin.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- 1 Pet 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- 1 Th 5:22Abstain from all appearance of evil.
- 1 Cor 6:18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
- 1 Cor 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
- 2 Tim 2:22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Prov 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
- Gen 39:8But 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;
- Prov 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
- Prov 6:25–26Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- Prov 9:14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- Prov 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
- Prov 1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
- Prov 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
- Prov 7:13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
- Prov 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Prov 23:27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
- Prov 9:16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
- 1 Tim 5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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