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Verse Genesis 39:9. _HOW THEN_] ואיך _veeik, and how_? Joseph
gives two most powerful reasons for his noncompliance with the wishes
of his mistress:
1. _Gratitude_ to his master, to whom he owed all...
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- Joseph in Potiphar’s House
According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was
in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth.
Here, then, we go back seven y...
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CHAPTER 39 JOSEPH IN EGYPT
_ 1. In Potiphar's house (Genesis 39:1)_
2. Tempted by Potiphar's wife (Genesis 39:7)
3. Joseph in prison (Genesis 39:19)
Potiphar, the master of Joseph, was an officer
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GENESIS 39. JOSEPH REPELS HIS MASTER'S WIFE, AND IS IMPRISONED ON HER
FALSE ACCUSATION. This section is from J with touches from E. It is
generally agreed that Potiphar. guard is an insertion in Genes...
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The False Accusation
8. _knoweth not_, &c. Here, as in Genesis 39:6, the marg., _knoweth
not with me what is_, gives the meaning of the passage....
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_there is none greater_ The margin, _he is not_, is correct. The
rendering of the text is not only less accurate, but far less
vigorous. The LXX and Vulg. have similarly missed the meaning.
_how then...
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DISCOURSE: 51
THE NEED OF FLEEING FROM SIN WITH ABHORRENCE
Genesis 39:9. _How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against
God?_
THE grace of God is equally necessary for us in every situation of...
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2. _Joseph as Prisoner in Egypt_ (Genesis 39:1 to Genesis 41:45).
39 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh'S, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of t...
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JOSEPH IN THE HOUSE OF POTIPHAR
5. Overseer] rather, 'house-steward.'...
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AND SIN AGAINST GOD] Other passages (e.g. Genesis 40:8; Genesis 41:16;
Genesis 41:51; Genesis 42:18;...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 39
JOSEPH IN POTIPHAR’S HOUSE
V1 The Ishmaelites took Joseph to Egypt. Now Potiphar was an
Egyptian. He was an officer of *Pharaoh, who was the k...
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‘He is not more powerful in this house than I am.’ Joseph told
everyone in the house what they should do. So Joseph was powerful.
Potiphar did not say what people should do in his house. He let Joseph...
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אֵינֶ֨נּוּ גָדֹ֜ול בַּ † בַּ֣יִת הַ
זֶּה֮...
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JOSEPH IN PRISON
Genesis 39:1
"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he
shall receive the crown of life."- James 1:12
DRAMATISTS and novelists, who make it their busines...
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JOSEPH IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE
Genesis 39:1
Ungodly families and employers owe more than they realize to the
presence in their homes and businesses of those who love God; for God
comes with His servants....
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Here begins the story of Joseph in Egypt which is so full of interest.
Through the malice of his brethren he had been sold into slavery and
in such condition we now see him. Here, at the very beginnin...
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FLEEING FROM TEMPTATION"And Joseph was handsome in form and
appearance." This simple statement at the end of verse six introduces
the reason for another serious problem which was to arise in Joseph's...
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[There is] none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept
back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then
can I do this great wickedness, and sin against (g) God?
(g)...
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_His wife, and such things as could not be touched without sin; such
as his daughter, if the woman, whom Joseph afterwards married, was the
daughter of this man, chap. xli. 45. --- My God, Elohim; whi...
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Proverbs 16:7
Sweet argument this! It was a sin against himself. It was a sin even
against his mistress! It was a sin against a kind master. But he
passeth all these by as of lesser consideration, to...
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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_‘YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION, FOR YIELDING IS SIN’_
‘How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?’
Genesis 39:9
We are accustomed to admire the mere act of resistance to temptation,
by who...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 THROUGH 41.
What follows from chapter 37 is the interesting history of Joseph, to
which even children ever yield a ready ear, although ignorant of all
the...
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[THERE IS] NONE GREATER IN THIS HOUSE THAN I,.... Not any of the
servants of the house, he was the chief of them, who had all the rest
under him; or rather, "he himself is not greater q in this house...
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Genesis 39:9 _[There is] none greater in this house than I; neither
hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his
wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin agai...
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_How can I do this great wickedness?_ How can I, to whom my master has
shown so much kindness, when I was a poor, forlorn stranger from a
foreign land, and was offered to him in the capacity of a slav...
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1 Ioseph aduanced in Potiphars house.
7 Hee resisteth his mistresses temptation.
13 He is falsly accused.
19 Hee is cast in prison.
21 God is with him there.
1 AND Ioseph was brought downe to Egy...
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there is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back
anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; how, then, can I
do this great wickedness, and sin against God? Joseph gave...
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JOSEPH FLEES FROM TEMPTATION...
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THIRD SECTION
_Joseph in Potiphar’s house and in prison. His sufferings on account
of his virtue, and his apparent destruction._
GENESIS 39:1-23
1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar,...
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JOSEPH--A SUFFERER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
How good it is to turn from Judah's sordid history to consider
Joseph's history of faithful devotedness to the Lord! The deepest
blessing for us in this is of cour...
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7-12 Beauty either in men or women, often proves a snare both to
themselves and others. This forbids pride in it, and requires constant
watchfulness against the temptation that attends it. We have gr...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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In Genesis 1:23 Satan uses Potiphar's wife, and in Genesis 1:23 he
uses Pharaoh's chief butler. The former he used to put Joseph into the
dungeon; and the latter he used to keep him there, through his...
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Genesis 39:9 greater H1419 house H1004 nor H3808 back H2820 (H8804)
anything H3972 because H834 you H859 wife...
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JOSEPH IS SOLD INTO SLAVERY, RESISTS TEMPTATION AND STRANGELY PROSPERS
IN PRISON (GENESIS 39:1).
That what now happens to Joseph is in the hands of Yahweh is
abundantly made clear (Genesis 38:2; Genes...
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Genesis 39:9
We are accustomed to admire the mere act of resistance to temptation,
by whomsoever and howsoever offered. But there is a vast difference
between the ways in which temptation is resisted....
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CONTENTS: Joseph tested in Egypt in the house of Potiphar.
CHARACTERS: Joseph, Potiphar, Potiphar's wife, prison keeper.
CONCLUSION: Loyalty to God may bring a believer into serious testings
but the...
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Genesis 39:1. _Potiphar._ What a providence, that Joseph was bought by
a man in whom Pharaoh had placed very much confidence. _Captain of the
guard._ He seems to have been a military superintendent of...
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_How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?_
JOSEPH’S RESISTANCE
We are accustomed to admire the mere act of resistance to temptation,
by whomsoever and howsoever offered. But there is a...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 39:1 In Egypt, Joseph maintains his
integrity by refusing to lie with Potiphar’s wife, which results in
his being wrongfully imprisoned.
⇐...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 39:6 HANDSOME IN FORM AND APPEARANCE echoes
Genesis 29:17, which describes Joseph’s mother Rachel. Joseph
recognizes that to give in to Poti
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 39:9. Sin against God.] Joseph uses the common name for God in
addressing this Egyptian.—
GENESIS 39:11. ABOUT THIS TIME.] Heb. _At this day._ The day on which
the occurrenc...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 39:7
AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS,—Joseph had by this time been
nearly ten years in Potiphar's house (vide Genesis 41:46)—THAT HIS
MASTER'S WIFE CAST HER EYES (lascivious...
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Now we get back in chapter thirty-nine to the story again. This is
just a little interlude and it is just sort of a parenthetical-kind of
a thing thrown in and now we get back to Joseph. Joseph was br...
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none. Genesis 24:2 Nehemiah 6:11 Luke 12:48 1 Corinthians 4:2 Titus
2:10
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JOSEPH, SERVANT OF POTIPHAR
Genesis 39:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There is a chapter that is thrown in between the story of Joseph sold
to the Ishmaelites, and Joseph bought by Potiphar and made a servan...
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JOSEPH REJECTED BY HIS BRETHREN
Genesis 37:20 _-Genesis 39:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we proceed to consider Joseph, as rejected of his brethren, there
will be discovered an outline of Christ rejected...
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How can I sin against God — Not only how shall I do it and sin
against my master, my mistress, myself, my own body and soul, but
against God? — Gracious souls look upon this as the worst thing in
sin,...