Chapter 39

1
am 2276, bc 1728

Joseph Gen 37:36, Gen 45:4; Ps 105:17; Acts 7:9

the Ishmeelites Gen 37:25, Gen 37:28


2
the Lord Gen 39:21-22, Gen 21:22, Gen 26:24, Gen 26:28, Gen 28:15; 1Sam 3:19, 1Sam 16:18, 1Sam 18:14, 1Sam 18:28; Ps 1:3; Ps 46:7, Ps 46:11, Ps 91:15; Isa 8:9-10, Isa 41:10, Isa 43:2; Jer 15:20; Matt 1:23; Acts 7:9-10, Acts 8:31

house 1Cor 7:20-24; 1Tim 6:1; Titus 2:9-10


3
saw that Gen 21:22, Gen 26:24, Gen 26:28, Gen 30:27, Gen 30:30; 1Sam 18:14, 1Sam 18:28; Zech 8:23; Matt 5:16; Phil 2:15-16; Rev 3:9

prosper Gen 39:23, Gen 30:27; Josh 1:7-8; 1Chr 22:13; 2Chr 26:5; Neh 2:20; Ps 1:3; 1Cor 16:2


4
Joseph Gen 39:21, Gen 18:3, Gen 19:19, Gen 32:5, Gen 33:8, Gen 33:10; 1Sam 16:22; Neh 2:4-5; Prov 16:7

overseer Gen 39:22, Gen 15:2, Gen 24:2, Gen 41:40-41; Prov 14:35, Prov 17:2, Prov 22:29, Prov 27:18; Acts 20:28


5
for Joseph's Gen 12:2, Gen 19:29, Gen 30:27; Deut 28:3-6; 2Sam 6:11-12; Ps 21:6, Ps 72:17; Acts 27:24; Eph 1:3


6
he left Gen 39:4, Gen 39:8, Gen 39:23; Luke 16:10, Luke 19:17

save Gen 43:32; Prov 31:11

a goodly person Yephaih toar, weephaih maraih, "beautiful in person and beautiful in countenance." Joseph's beauty is so celebrated in the East, that a handsome man is frequently compared to him; and the Persian poets vie with each other in descriptions of his comeliness. Gen 12:14-15, Gen 29:17; 1Sam 16:12, 1Sam 17:42; Acts 7:20


7
am 2285, bc 1719

cast Gen 6:2; Job 31:1; Ps 119:37; Ezek 23:5-6, Ezek 23:12-16; Matt 5:28; 2Pet 2:14; 1John 2:16

Lie 2Sam 13:11; Prov 2:16, Prov 5:9, Prov 7:13; Jer 3:3; Ezek 16:25, Ezek 16:32, Ezek 16:34


8
refused Prov 1:10, Prov 2:10, Prov 2:16-19, Prov 5:3-8, Prov 6:20-25, Prov 6:29, Prov 6:32-33, Prov 7:5, Prov 7:25-27, Prov 9:13-18; Prov 22:14, Prov 23:26-28

my master Prov 18:24


9
none Gen 24:2; Neh 6:11; Luke 12:48; 1Cor 4:2; Titus 2:10

how then Gen 20:3, Gen 20:6; Lev 20:10; 2Sam 11:27; Job 31:9-12, Job 31:23; Prov 6:29, Prov 6:32; Jer 5:8-9; 1Cor 6:9-10; Gal 5:19-21; Heb 13:4; Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15

sin Gen 42:18; Lev 6:2; Num 32:23; 2Sam 12:13; Neh 5:15; Ps 51:4; Jer 28:16; Jer 50:7; 1John 3:9


10
as she spake Gen 39:8; Prov 2:16, Prov 5:3, Prov 6:25-26, Prov 7:5, Prov 7:13, Prov 9:14, Prov 9:16, Prov 22:14, Prov 23:27

or to be Prov 1:15, Prov 5:8; 1Cor 6:18, 1Cor 15:33; 1Thess 5:22; 1Tim 5:14; 2Tim 2:22; 1Pet 2:11


11
none of the men Job 24:15; Prov 9:17; Jer 23:24; Mal 3:5; Eph 5:3, Eph 5:12


12
caught Gen 39:8, Gen 39:10; Prov 7:13-27; Eccl 7:26; Ezek 16:30-31

and he left 1Sam 15:27; Prov 1:15, Prov 5:8, Prov 6:5; Eccl 7:26; Mark 14:51-52; 1Cor 15:33; 2Tim 2:22; 1Pet 2:11


14
he hath The base affection of this woman being disappointed, was changed into rancorous hatred, and she exults in the opportunity of being revenged on Joseph. She begins her accusation in the affected language of offended modesty, rage, and disdain, by charging her husband, whom we may reasonably assume she did not greatly love, with being an accessory to the indignity she pretended to have received: "He hath brought in a Hebrew," a very abomination to an Egyptian, "to mock us," insult and treat me in a base, unworthy manner.

an Hebrew Gen 39:17, Gen 10:21, Gen 14:13, Gen 40:15; Ps 120:3; Ezek 22:5

he came Gen 39:7; Ps 35:11, Ps 55:3; Prov 10:18; Isa 51:7, Isa 54:17; Matt 5:11, Matt 26:59; Luke 23:2; 2Cor 6:8; 1Pet 2:20, 1Pet 3:14-18, 1Pet 4:14-19

loud Heb. great


16
Ps 37:12, Ps 37:32; Jer 4:22, Jer 9:3-5; Titus 3:3


17
Gen 39:14; Exod 20:16, Exod 23:1; 1Kgs 18:17, 1Kgs 21:9-13; Ps 37:14, Ps 55:3, Ps 120:2-4; Prov 12:19, Prov 19:5, Prov 19:9; Matt 26:65


19
heard Job 29:16; Prov 18:17, Prov 29:12; Acts 25:16; 2Thess 2:11

his wrath Gen 4:5-6; Prov 6:34-35; Song 8:7


20
into the prison Baith hassohar, "the round house," from the form of the building according to some; or, "the watch or guard house," from the Arabic sahara, to watch, according to others. Gen 40:15, Gen 41:14; Ps 105:18-19; Isa 53:8; Dan 3:21-22; 2Tim 2:9; 1Pet 2:19

the king's Gen 40:1-3, Gen 40:15, Gen 41:9-14; Ps 76:10


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the Lord Gen 39:2, Gen 21:22, Gen 49:23-24; Isa 41:10, Isa 43:2; Dan 6:22; Rom 8:31-32, Rom 8:37; 1Pet 3:13-14, 1Pet 3:17, 1Pet 4:14-16

showed him mercy Heb. extended kindness unto him

gave him Gen 40:3; Exod 3:21, Exod 11:3, Exod 12:36; Ps 105:19, Ps 105:22, Ps 106:46; Prov 16:7; Dan 1:9; Acts 7:9-10


22
committed Gen 39:4, Gen 39:6-7, Gen 39:9, Gen 40:3-4; 1Sam 2:30; Ps 37:3, Ps 37:11


23
keeper Gen 40:3-4

because Gen 39:2-3, Gen 49:23-24; 1Sam 2:30; Ps 1:3, Ps 37:3-11; Isa 43:2; Dan 6:22


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