Genesis 39:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹And 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.

Genesis 39:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Ephesians 5:12
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Job 24:15
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Topics

Bondage Bondman Capital and Labor Employee Employer Hire Hireling Labor

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-12)

Here is, I. A most shameful instance of impudence and immodesty in Joseph’s mistress, the shame and scandal of her sex, perfectly lost to all virtue and honour, and not to be mentioned, nor thought of, without the utmost indignation. It was well that she was an Egyptian; for we must have shared in the confusion if such folly had been found in Israel. Observe, I. Her sin began in the eye: She cast…