CHAPTER XXXIX _Joseph, being brought to Potiphar's house, prospers in all_ _his undertakings_, 1-3. _Potiphar makes him his overseer_, 4. _Is prospered in all his concerns for Joseph's sake, in whom_ _he puts unlimited confidence_, 5, 6. _The wife of Potiphar solicits him to criminal correspon... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 39:4. _HE MADE HIM OVERSEER_] הפקיד _hiphkid_, from פקד _pakad_, to _visit, take care of_, _superintend_; the same as επισκοπος, _overseer_ or _bishop_, among the Greeks. This is the term by which the Septuagint often express the meaning of the original.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 39:6. _JOSEPH WAS A GOODLY PERSON, AND WELL FAVOURED._] יפה תאר ויפה מראה _yepkeh thoar, vipheh mareh, beautiful in his person_, and _beautiful in his countenance_. The same expressions are used relative to Rachel; see them explained Genesis 29:17. The beauty of Joseph is celebrated o... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 39:8. _MY MASTER WOTTETH NOT_] Knoweth not, from the old Anglo-Saxon [A.S.], _witan, to know_; hence [A.S.], _wit, intellect,_ _understanding_, _wisdom, prudence_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 39:9. _HOW THEN_] ואיך _veeik, and how_? Joseph gives two most powerful reasons for his noncompliance with the wishes of his mistress: 1. _Gratitude_ to his master, to whom he owed all that he had. 2. His _fear of God_, in whose sight it would be a heinous offence, and who would not... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 39:14. _HE HATH BROUGHT IN A HEBREW UNTO US_] Potiphar's wife affects to throw great blame on her _husband_, whom we may reasonably suppose she did not greatly love. He _hath brought_ _in _- he hath raised this person to all his dignity and eminence, to give him the greater opportunity... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 39:20. _PUT HIM INTO THE PRISON_] בית סהר _beith sohar_, literally the _round house_; in such a _form_ the prison was probably built.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 39:21. _THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH_] It is but of little consequence where the lot of a servant of God may be cast; like Joseph he is ever employed for his master, and God honours him and prospers his work. 1. HE who acknowledges God in all his ways, has the promise that God shall direc... [ Continue Reading ]