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Genesis 39:9

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No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

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Genesis 39:9 in other translations

he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Genesis 39:9 · American Standard Version

Genesis 39:9 in context

  1. 7After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”
  2. 8But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.
  3. 9No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
  4. 10As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
  5. 11About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.