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Genesis Chapter 39

Genesis

gen 39:0

Overview

Gen 39:1, Joseph is bought by Potiphar, and preferred in the family; Gen 39:7, He resists his mistress's temptation; Gen 39:13, He is falsely accused by her; Gen 39:20, He is cast into prison; Gen 39:21, God is with him there, and he is advanced by the keeper of prison.

Genesis 39:1

gen 39:1

am 2276, bc 1728

Joseph: Gen 37:36, Gen 45:4; Psa 105:17; Act 7:9

the Ishmeelites: Gen 37:25, Gen 37:28

Genesis 39:2

gen 39:2

the Lord: Gen 39:21, Gen 39:22, Gen 21:22, Gen 26:24, Gen 26:28, Gen 28:15; Sa1 3:19, Sa1 16:18, Sa1 18:14, Sa1 18:28; Psa 1:3; Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11, Psa 91:15; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10, Isa 41:10, Isa 43:2; Jer 15:20; Mat 1:23; Act 7:9, Act 7:10, Act 8:31

house: Co1 7:20-24; Ti1 6:1; Tit 2:9, Tit 2:10

Genesis 39:3

gen 39:3

saw that: Gen 21:22, Gen 26:24, Gen 26:28, Gen 30:27, Gen 30:30; Sa1 18:14, Sa1 18:28; Zac 8:23; Mat 5:16; Phi 2:15, Phi 2:16; Rev 3:9

prosper: Gen 39:23, Gen 30:27; Jos 1:7, Jos 1:8; Ch1 22:13; Ch2 26:5; Neh 2:20; Psa 1:3; Co1 16:2

Genesis 39:4

gen 39:4

Joseph: Gen 39:21, Gen 18:3, Gen 19:19, Gen 32:5, Gen 33:8, Gen 33:10; Sa1 16:22; Neh 2:4, Neh 2:5; Pro 16:7

overseer: Gen 39:22, Gen 15:2, Gen 24:2, Gen 41:40, Gen 41:41; Pro 14:35, Pro 17:2, Pro 22:29, Pro 27:18; Act 20:28

Genesis 39:5

gen 39:5

for Joseph's: Gen 12:2, Gen 19:29, Gen 30:27; Deu 28:3-6; Sa2 6:11, Sa2 6:12; Psa 21:6, Psa 72:17; Act 27:24; Eph 1:3

Genesis 39:6

gen 39:6

he left: Gen 39:4, Gen 39:8, Gen 39:23; Luk 16:10, Luk 19:17

save: Gen 43:32; Pro 31:11

a goodly person: Yephaih toar, weephaih maraih, "beautiful in person and beautiful in countenance." Joseph's beauty is so celebrated in the East, that a handsome man is frequently compared to him; and the Persian poets vie with each other in descriptions of his comeliness. Gen 12:14, Gen 12:15, Gen 29:17; Sa1 16:12, Sa1 17:42; Act 7:20

Genesis 39:7

gen 39:7

am 2285, bc 1719

cast: Gen 6:2; Job 31:1; Psa 119:37; Eze 23:5, Eze 23:6, Eze 23:12-16; Mat 5:28; Pe2 2:14; Jo1 2:16

Lie: Sa2 13:11; Pro 2:16, Pro 5:9, Pro 7:13; Jer 3:3; Eze 16:25, Eze 16:32, Eze 16:34

Genesis 39:8

gen 39:8

refused: Pro 1:10, Pro 2:10, Pro 2:16-19, Pro 5:3-8, Pro 6:20-25, Pro 6:29, Pro 6:32, Pro 6:33, Pro 7:5, Pro 7:25-27, Pro 9:13-18; Pro 22:14, Pro 23:26-28

my master: Pro 18:24

Genesis 39:9

gen 39:9

none: Gen 24:2; Neh 6:11; Luk 12:48; Co1 4:2; Tit 2:10

how then: Gen 20:3, Gen 20:6; Lev 20:10; Sa2 11:27; Job 31:9-12, Job 31:23; Pro 6:29, Pro 6:32; Jer 5:8, Jer 5:9; Co1 6:9, Co1 6:10; Gal 5:19-21; Heb 13:4; Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15

sin: Gen 42:18; Lev 6:2; Num 32:23; Sa2 12:13; Neh 5:15; Psa 51:4; Jer 28:16; Jer 50:7; Jo1 3:9

Genesis 39:10

gen 39:10

as she spake: Gen 39:8; Pro 2:16, Pro 5:3, Pro 6:25, Pro 6:26, Pro 7:5, Pro 7:13, Pro 9:14, Pro 9:16, Pro 22:14, Pro 23:27

or to be: Pro 1:15, Pro 5:8; Co1 6:18, Co1 15:33; Th1 5:22; Ti1 5:14; Ti2 2:22; Pe1 2:11

Genesis 39:11

gen 39:11

none of the men: Job 24:15; Pro 9:17; Jer 23:24; Mal 3:5; Eph 5:3, Eph 5:12

Genesis 39:12

gen 39:12

caught: Gen 39:8, Gen 39:10; Pro 7:13-27; Ecc 7:26; Eze 16:30, Eze 16:31

and he left: Sa1 15:27; Pro 1:15, Pro 5:8, Pro 6:5; Ecc 7:26; Mar 14:51, Mar 14:52; Co1 15:33; Ti2 2:22; Pe1 2:11

Genesis 39:14

gen 39:14

he hath: The base affection of this woman being disappointed, was changed into rancorous hatred, and she exults in the opportunity of being revenged on Joseph. She begins her accusation in the affected language of offended modesty, rage, and disdain, by charging her husband, whom we may reasonably assume she did not greatly love, with being an accessory to the indignity she pretended to have received: "He hath brought in a Hebrew," a very abomination to an Egyptian, "to mock us," insult and treat me in a base, unworthy manner.

an Hebrew: Gen 39:17, Gen 10:21, Gen 14:13, Gen 40:15; Psa 120:3; Eze 22:5

he came: Gen 39:7; Psa 35:11, Psa 55:3; Pro 10:18; Isa 51:7, Isa 54:17; Mat 5:11, Mat 26:59; Luk 23:2; Co2 6:8; Pe1 2:20, Pe1 3:14-18, Pe1 4:14-19

loud: Heb. great

Genesis 39:16

gen 39:16

Psa 37:12, Psa 37:32; Jer 4:22, Jer 9:3-5; Tit 3:3

Genesis 39:17

gen 39:17

Gen 39:14; Exo 20:16, Exo 23:1; Kg1 18:17, Kg1 21:9-13; Psa 37:14, Psa 55:3, Psa 120:2-4; Pro 12:19, Pro 19:5, Pro 19:9; Mat 26:65

Genesis 39:19

gen 39:19

heard: Job 29:16; Pro 18:17, Pro 29:12; Act 25:16; Th2 2:11

his wrath: Gen 4:5, Gen 4:6; Pro 6:34, Pro 6:35; Sol 8:7

Genesis 39:20

gen 39:20

into the prison: Baith hassohar, "the round house," from the form of the building according to some; or, "the watch or guard house," from the Arabic sahara, to watch, according to others. Gen 40:15, Gen 41:14; Psa 105:18, Psa 105:19; Isa 53:8; Dan 3:21, Dan 3:22; Ti2 2:9; Pe1 2:19

the king's: Gen 40:1-3, Gen 40:15, Gen 41:9-14; Psa 76:10

Genesis 39:21

gen 39:21

the Lord: Gen 39:2, Gen 21:22, Gen 49:23, Gen 49:24; Isa 41:10, Isa 43:2; Dan 6:22; Rom 8:31, Rom 8:32, Rom 8:37; Pe1 3:13, Pe1 3:14, Pe1 3:17, Pe1 4:14-16

showed him mercy: Heb. extended kindness unto him

gave him: Gen 40:3; Exo 3:21, Exo 11:3, Exo 12:36; Psa 105:19, Psa 105:22, Psa 106:46; Pro 16:7; Dan 1:9; Act 7:9, Act 7:10

Genesis 39:22

gen 39:22

committed: Gen 39:4, Gen 39:6, Gen 39:7, Gen 39:9, Gen 40:3, Gen 40:4; Sa1 2:30; Psa 37:3, Psa 37:11

Genesis 39:23

gen 39:23

keeper: Gen 40:3, Gen 40:4

because: Gen 39:2, Gen 39:3, Gen 49:23, Gen 49:24; Sa1 2:30; Psa 1:3, Psa 37:3-11; Isa 43:2; Dan 6:22


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