_AND JOSEPH WAS BROUGHT DOWN TO EGYPT; AND POTIPHAR, AN OFFICER OF PHARAOH, CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD, AN EGYPTIAN, BOUGHT HIM OF THE HANDS OF THE ISHMEELITES, WHICH HAD BROUGHT HIM DOWN THITHER._ Potiphar ... captain of the guard. This name, Potiphar, signifies one 'devoted to the sun,' the local deity... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH, AND HE WAS A PROSPEROUS MAN; AND HE WAS IN THE HOUSE OF HIS MASTER THE EGYPTIAN._ He was in the house of his master. Those slaves who had been war-captives were generally sent to labour in the field, and subjected to hard treatment under the 'stick' of taskmasters. Bu... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIS MASTER SAW THAT THE LORD WAS WITH HIM, AND THAT THE LORD MADE ALL THAT HE DID TO PROSPER IN HIS HAND._ His master saw that the Lord was with him. Though changed in condition, Joseph was not changed in spirit; though stripped of the gaudy coat that had adorned his person, he had not lost th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH FOUND GRACE IN HIS SIGHT, AND HE SERVED HIM: AND HE MADE HIM OVERSEER OVER HIS HOUSE, AND ALL THAT HE HAD HE PUT INTO HIS HAND._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS FROM THE TIME THAT HE HAD MADE HIM OVERSEER IN HIS HOUSE, AND OVER ALL THAT HE HAD, THAT THE LORD BLESSED THE EGYPTIAN'S HOUSE FOR JOSEPH'S SAKE; AND THE BLESSING OF THE LORD WAS UPON ALL THAT HE HAD IN THE HOUSE, AND IN THE FIELD._ The Lord blessed the Egyptian's house ... It... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE LEFT ALL THAT HE HAD IN JOSEPH'S HAND; AND HE KNEW NOT OUGHT HE HAD, SAVE THE BREAD WHICH HE DID EAT. AND JOSEPH WAS A GOODLY PERSON, AND WELL FAVOURED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS, THAT HIS MASTER'S WIFE CAST HER EYES UPON JOSEPH; AND SHE SAID, LIE WITH ME._ His master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph. Egyptian women were not kept in the same secluded manner as females are in most Oriental countries now. They were treated in a manner m... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HE REFUSED, AND SAID UNTO HIS MASTER'S WIFE, BEHOLD, MY MASTER WOTTETH NOT WHAT IS WITH ME IN THE HOUSE, AND HE HATH COMMITTED ALL THAT HE HATH TO MY HAND;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE IS NONE GREATER IN THIS HOUSE THAN I; NEITHER HATH HE KEPT BACK ANY THING FROM ME BUT THEE, BECAUSE THOU ART HIS WIFE: HOW THEN CAN I DO THIS GREAT WICKEDNESS, AND SIN AGAINST GOD?_ How then can I do this great wickedness? This remonstrance, when all inferior arguments had failed, embodied t... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, AS SHE SPAKE TO JOSEPH DAY BY DAY, THAT HE HEARKENED NOT UNTO HER, TO LIE BY HER, OR TO BE WITH HER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT SHE CALLED UNTO THE MEN OF HER HOUSE, AND SPAKE UNTO THEM, SAYING, SEE, HE HATH BROUGHT IN AN HEBREW UNTO US TO MOCK US; HE CAME IN UNTO ME TO LIE WITH ME, AND I CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE:_ That she called unto the men. Disappointed and affronted, she vowed revenge, and accused Joseph, first to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE HEARD THAT I LIFTED UP MY VOICE AND CRIED, THAT HE LEFT HIS GARMENT WITH ME, AND FLED, AND GOT HIM OUT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH'S MASTER TOOK HIM, AND PUT HIM INTO THE PRISON, A PLACE WHERE THE KING'S PRISONERS WERE BOUND: AND HE WAS THERE IN THE PRISON._ Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, х_ BªBEEYT_ (H1004) _ HACOHAR_ (H5470), house of the round tower, a fortified prison; Septuagint, eis to... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH, AND SHEWED HIM MERCY, AND GAVE HIM FAVOUR IN THE SIGHT OF THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON._ The Lord ... gave him favour ... It is highly probable, from the situation of this prison (Genesis 40:3), that "the keeper" might have been previously acquainted with Joseph, and have... [ Continue Reading ]