[a](A)There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil, and (B)sin against God?” 10 Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her. 11 Now it happened [b]one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the people of the household was there inside.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 39:9 Or He is not greater
  2. Genesis 39:11 Lit about this day

No one is greater in this house than I am.(A) My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”(B) 10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused(C) to go to bed with her or even be with her.

11 One day he went into the house to attend to his duties,(D) and none of the household servants(E) was inside.

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