16And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-21)The prophet Hosea, in his time, observed that the two tribes retained their integrity, in a great measure, when the ten tribes had apostatized (Hos. 11:12; Ephraim indeed compasses me about with lies, but Judah yet rules with God and is faithful with the saints ; and this was justly expected from them: Hos. 4:15; Though thou Israel play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend ); but this lasted not l…
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