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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 39 - Introduction

* Joseph preferred by Potiphar. (1-6) Joseph resists temptation. (7-12) Joseph is falsely accused by his mistress. (13-18) He is cast into prison, God is with him there. (19-23)

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See also Genesis 39 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (J.) Joseph and Potiphar's Wife The story of Joseph is in this chapter resumed, in the J version, from Genesis 37:35. In this version Joseph in Egypt is a slave who has been sold by his brethren to t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH IS RESUMED. POTIPHAR MAKES JOSEPH OVERSEER OF HIS HOUSE. POTIPHAR'S WIFE SOLICITS HIM TO A CRIMINAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND, UPON HIS REPEATED REFUSALS, ACCUSES HIM TO HER HUSBAND,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART THIRTY-SIX RECAPITULATION: SURVEY OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE From _A Class-Book of Old Testament History,_ pp. 73-76 by G. F. Maclear, D.D. Published by Macmillan, London, 1881, now long out of pri...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 God (a-4) Heb. _ Elohim_ , the plural of _ Eloah_ , 'the Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. _ Elohim_ will, in the text, appear only in the name of _ Jehovah Elohim_ ; moreover, when _...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXXIX. JOSEPH’S FORTUNES IN THE HOUSE OF POTIPHAR. (1) POTIPHAR... BOUGHT HIM. — Having given the genealogy of Judah’s house, which, owing to the sins of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, was now to be the Me...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 39 In this chapter the history returns to Joseph again, who being brought down to Egypt was sold to Potiphar, with whom he found favour, and who set him over his house, the Lo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2277. B.C. 1727._ At this chapter we return to the story of Joseph. We have him here, ( 1,) A servant, a slave in Potiphar's house, 1; and yet there greatly honoured and favoured, 1, By the pro...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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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