Genesis 39:1
_Ismaelites. They are called Madianites, chap. xxxvii. 36. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ismaelites. They are called Madianites, chap. xxxvii. 36. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bread. A proverbial expression, to shew how entirely he reposed in Joseph's fidelity and prudence. (Menochius) --- He was so rich, that he knew not the extent of his wealth. So Petronius says, Nescit quid habeat, adeo Zaplutus est. It may also be understood as a commendation of Joseph's disinterest... [ Continue Reading ]
_Many days. About 10 years; as Joseph was 30, three years after this. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_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; which might also be understood of his lord and master. The sin against the latter would be resented by... [ Continue Reading ]
_Both the woman was importunate, &c. Hebrew does not express this so fully. (Du Hamel)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Out. He could easily have wrested it from her. But he would not do any thing that might seem disrespectful, nor claim what her impure hands had touched. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_A proof of her fidelity, or an argument to gain credit, argumentum fidei. (Challoner) --- Love neglected, turns to fury. She wishes to take away Joseph's life, according to the laws of Egypt against adulterers. Diodorus says Sesostris burnt some women taken in the crime; and we must attribute it to... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast, &c. As if her husband were guilty of an indiscretion. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Too much. The proof was of an ambiguous nature. But Putiphar perhaps thought it unbecoming to distrust his wife, or to interrogate his slave. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
Keeper. Pererius thinks this was the same Putiphar, who, recognizing the innocence of Joseph, allows him every indulgence in prison; but does not liberate him, for fear of the dishonour and resentment of his wife. (Calmet) --- He had before put him in irons. (Psalm civ. 18; Wisdom x. 13.) Joseph her... [ Continue Reading ]
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