And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife [a]cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, (A)“Lie with me.”

But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. (B)How then can I do this great wickedness, and (C)sin against God?”

10 So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he (D)did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.

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  1. Genesis 39:7 Lit. lifted up her eyes toward

you shall (A)not [a]consent to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him;

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  1. Deuteronomy 13:8 yield

18 When you saw a thief, you (A)consented[a] with him,
And have been a (B)partaker with adulterers.

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  1. Psalm 50:18 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. ran

11 And have (A)no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather [a]expose them.

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  1. Ephesians 5:11 reprove

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