Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 39:17
So she makes her husband accessory to the crime, that she might provoke him to the sharper revenge.
So she makes her husband accessory to the crime, that she might provoke him to the sharper revenge.
- Joseph in Potiphar’s House According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven y...
CHAPTER 39 JOSEPH IN EGYPT _ 1. In Potiphar's house (Genesis 39:1)_ 2. Tempted by Potiphar's wife (Genesis 39:7) 3. Joseph in prison (Genesis 39:19) Potiphar, the master of Joseph, was an officer
GENESIS 39. JOSEPH REPELS HIS MASTER'S WIFE, AND IS IMPRISONED ON HER FALSE ACCUSATION. This section is from J with touches from E. It is generally agreed that Potiphar. guard is an insertion in Genes...
The False Accusation 8. _knoweth not_, &c. Here, as in Genesis 39:6, the marg., _knoweth not with me what is_, gives the meaning of the passage....
2. _Joseph as Prisoner in Egypt_ (Genesis 39:1 to Genesis 41:45). 39 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh'S, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of t...
_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....
JOSEPH IN THE HOUSE OF POTIPHAR 5. Overseer] rather, 'house-steward.'...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 39 JOSEPH IN POTIPHAR’S HOUSE V1 The Ishmaelites took Joseph to Egypt. Now Potiphar was an Egyptian. He was an officer of *Pharaoh, who was the k...
וַ תְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו כַּ † דְּבָרִ֥ים הָ...
JOSEPH IN PRISON Genesis 39:1 "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life."- James 1:12 DRAMATISTS and novelists, who make it their busines...
JOSEPH IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE Genesis 39:1 Ungodly families and employers owe more than they realize to the presence in their homes and businesses of those who love God; for God comes with His servants....
Here begins the story of Joseph in Egypt which is so full of interest. Through the malice of his brethren he had been sold into slavery and in such condition we now see him. Here, at the very beginnin...
IMPRISONED THOUGH INNOCENT The unfortunate truth is that people who do what is right do not always receive right treatment. Though Joseph had honored his master and God, Potiphar's wife lied about him...
_Thou hast, &c. As if her husband were guilty of an indiscretion. (Menochius)_...
Proverbs 7:25 Observe, the pointed contempt on the religion of Joseph; first, the Hebrew, in order to heighten the offence she charged him with after. And is it not so now? Are not the blemishes, or...
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 THROUGH 41. What follows from chapter 37 is the interesting history of Joseph, to which even children ever yield a ready ear, although ignorant of all the...
AND SHE SPAKE UNTO HIM ACCORDING TO THESE WORDS,.... When her husband came home she related to him the above affair, according to the purport of the above words, and in much the same manner, and to th...
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: Ver. 17. _And she spake unto him, &c._] Here "the adulteress...
1 Ioseph aduanced in Potiphars house. 7 Hee resisteth his mistresses temptation. 13 He is falsly accused. 19 Hee is cast in prison. 21 God is with him there. 1 AND Ioseph was brought downe to Egy...
JOSEPH ACCUSED AND IMPRISONED...
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant which thou hast brought unto us came in unto me to mock me;...
THIRD SECTION _Joseph in Potiphar’s house and in prison. His sufferings on account of his virtue, and his apparent destruction._ GENESIS 39:1-23 1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar,...
JOSEPH--A SUFFERER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS How good it is to turn from Judah's sordid history to consider Joseph's history of faithful devotedness to the Lord! The deepest blessing for us in this is of cour...
13-18 Joseph's mistress, having tried in vain to make him a guilty man, endeavoured to be avenged on him. Those that have broken the bonds of modesty, will never be held by the bonds of truth. It is n...
In Genesis 1:23 Satan uses Potiphar's wife, and in Genesis 1:23 he uses Pharaoh's chief butler. The former he used to put Joseph into the dungeon; and the latter he used to keep him there, through his...
Genesis 39:17 spoke H1696 (H8762) words H1697 saying H559 (H8800) Hebrew H5680 servant H5650 brought H935 ...
JOSEPH IS SOLD INTO SLAVERY, RESISTS TEMPTATION AND STRANGELY PROSPERS IN PRISON (GENESIS 39:1). That what now happens to Joseph is in the hands of Yahweh is abundantly made clear (Genesis 38:2; Genes...
CONTENTS: Joseph tested in Egypt in the house of Potiphar. CHARACTERS: Joseph, Potiphar, Potiphar's wife, prison keeper. CONCLUSION: Loyalty to God may bring a believer into serious testings but the...
Genesis 39:1. _Potiphar._ What a providence, that Joseph was bought by a man in whom Pharaoh had placed very much confidence. _Captain of the guard._ He seems to have been a military superintendent of...
_See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us_ THE FALSE CHARGE AGAINST JOSEPH I. THE BOLDNESS OF IT. II. THE MALIGNITY OF IT. The vengeance of disappointed passion. III. THE ART AND CUNNI...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 39:1 In Egypt, Joseph maintains his integrity by refusing to lie with Potiphar’s wife, which results in his being wrongfully imprisoned. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 39:14. An Hebrew.] “A _Hebrew_ is still the only national designation proper to Joseph. (Genesis 14:13.) Jacob’s descendants had not got beyond the family. The term Israelite...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 39:7 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS,—Joseph had by this time been nearly ten years in Potiphar's house (vide Genesis 41:46)—THAT HIS MASTER'S WIFE CAST HER EYES (lascivious...
Now we get back in chapter thirty-nine to the story again. This is just a little interlude and it is just sort of a parenthetical-kind of a thing thrown in and now we get back to Joseph. Joseph was br...
Genesis 39:14 Exodus 20:16 Exodus 23:1 1 Kings 18:17 1 Kings 21:9...
JOSEPH, SERVANT OF POTIPHAR Genesis 39:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a chapter that is thrown in between the story of Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites, and Joseph bought by Potiphar and made a servan...
JOSEPH REJECTED BY HIS BRETHREN Genesis 37:20 _-Genesis 39:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we proceed to consider Joseph, as rejected of his brethren, there will be discovered an outline of Christ rejected...