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Genesis 39:8-23

8 But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.

9 No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”

10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.

11 One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.

12 She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

13 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.

15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

16 She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.

17 Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

18 But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger.

20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.
But while Joseph was there in the prison,

21 the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.

23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

Cross References for Genesis 39:8-23

Genesis 44:15 - Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find th... Click to read the verse Genesis 44:15 Click to read the verse Genesis 44:15

Proverbs 6:29 - So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:29 Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:29

Proverbs 18:24 - A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Click to read the verse Proverbs 18:24 Click to read the verse Proverbs 18:24

Genesis 39:6 - So he left in Joseph’s care everything he had; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himsel... Click to read the verse Genesis 39:6 Click to read the verse Genesis 39:6

Genesis 39:4 - Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his hous... Click to read the verse Genesis 39:4 Click to read the verse Genesis 39:4

Proverbs 22:14 - The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the Lord’s wrath will fall into it. Click to read the verse Proverbs 22:14 Click to read the verse Proverbs 22:14

Proverbs 7:5 - they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words. Click to read the verse Proverbs 7:5 Click to read the verse Proverbs 7:5

Proverbs 23:26-28 - My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways, Click to read the verse Proverbs 23:26-28 Click to read the verse Proverbs 23:26-28

Proverbs 9:13-18 - The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge. Click to read the verse Proverbs 9:13-18 Click to read the verse Proverbs 9:13-18

Proverbs 6:32-33 - But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:32-33 Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:32-33

Proverbs 6:20-25 - Warning Against Adultery My son, keep your father’s commands and do not forsake your mother’s t... Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:20-25 Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:20-25

Proverbs 2:16-19 - It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words, Click to read the verse Proverbs 2:16-19 Click to read the verse Proverbs 2:16-19

Proverbs 5:3-8 - For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; Click to read the verse Proverbs 5:3-8 Click to read the verse Proverbs 5:3-8

Proverbs 2:10 - For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Click to read the verse Proverbs 2:10 Click to read the verse Proverbs 2:10

Proverbs 7:25-27 - Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths. Click to read the verse Proverbs 7:25-27 Click to read the verse Proverbs 7:25-27

Proverbs 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them. Click to read the verse Proverbs 1:10 Click to read the verse Proverbs 1:10

Genesis 39:10 - And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with ... Click to read the verse Genesis 39:10 Click to read the verse Genesis 39:10

Genesis 39:12 - She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand ... Click to read the verse Genesis 39:12 Click to read the verse Genesis 39:12

Exodus 32:1 - The Golden Calf When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, th... Click to read the verse Exodus 32:1 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:1

Exodus 22:10 - “If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to his neighbor for safekeeping an... Click to read the verse Exodus 22:10 Click to read the verse Exodus 22:10

Acts 3:17 - “Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. Click to read the verse Acts 3:17 Click to read the verse Acts 3:17

Philippians 1:22 - If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I cho... Click to read the verse Philippians 1:22 Click to read the verse Philippians 1:22