and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
Parallel translations
- WEB After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”
- KJV And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
- NKJV And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”
- NASB And it came about after these events that his master’s wife had her eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Sleep with me.”
- NLT and Potiphar’s wife soon began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she demanded.
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Quick answer
Potiphar's wife repeatedly tries to seduce Joseph.
Overview
Joseph's success and good looks draw the immoral advances of his master's wife. The temptation tests his loyalty to God, to his master, and to his own integrity. The scene contrasts sharply with Judah's earlier moral failure, highlighting Joseph's faithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 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!
- 2 Sam 13:11And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
- 2 Pet 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 Jn 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.
- Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- Ezek 23:12–16She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
- Ezek 23:5–6Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
- Ezek 16:32You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
- Matt 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.
- Prov 5:9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
- Prov 7:15–18So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
- Ezek 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.
- Prov 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Prov 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
- Gen 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
- Ps 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Jer 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.
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