Bible Strands
Genesis 39:10
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Potiphar’s wife repeatedly urges Joseph to sleep with him while he serves in his household.
The words — כְּ/דַבְּרָ֥/הּ (ke./da.be.Ra/h) means “when she spoke,” and שָׁמַ֥ע (sha.Ma') means “he listened,” highlighting his deliberate refusal to heed her persistent appeals.
The thread — This pattern of resisting persistent temptation aligns with the biblical call to abstain from fleshly desires (1 Peter 2:11) and flee sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18).
Why it lands — It demands a reader to actively reject repeated enticements to sin, prioritizing obedience to God over immediate pressure or proximity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil.
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Genesis 39:8 But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
- Proverbs 2:16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 1:15 my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
- Proverbs 5:3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 5:8 Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,