Holy Scripture

Genesis 39:10

A church father on this verse
“For us to learn the surpassing virtue of the good man and the fact that not once or twice but many times he endured this pressure and resisted the invitation by ceaselessly counseling her, Scripture says, "Although she kept inviting him day after day, he did not yield to her." When she observed him performing his duti…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 62.19

Source: Septuagint

Original

10And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he hearkened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her,

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8But he would not; but said to his master’s wife, If because of me my master knows nothing in his house, and has given into my hands all things that belong to him:

9and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but thou, because thou art his wife—how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?

— Genesis 39:10 —

11it came to pass on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and there was no one of the household within.

12And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth.

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