14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
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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.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-20)Here is, I. The danger Sarai was in of having her chastity violated by the king of Egypt: and without doubt the peril of sin is the greatest peril we can be in. Pharaoh’s princes (his pimps rather) saw her, and , observing what a comely woman she was, they commended her before Pharaoh , not for that which was really her praise—her virtue and modesty, her faith and piety (these were no excellencies…
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