11And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
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And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-20)We have here a particular account of the abominable wickedness of Amnon in ravishing his sister, a subject not fit to be enlarged upon nor indeed to be mentioned without blushing, that ever any man should be so vile, especially that a son of David should be so. Amnon’s character, we have reason to think, was bad in other things; if he had not forsaken God, he would never have been given up to thes…
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