Genesis 39:9

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph in Potiphar’s House According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Jose...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[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 th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 51 THE NEED OF FLEEING FROM SIN WITH ABHORRENCE Genesis 39:9 . How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? THE grace o...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joseph in the House of Potiphar 5. Overseer] rather, 'house-steward.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

And sin against God ] Other passages (e.g. Genesis 40:8 ; Genesis 41:16 ; Genesis 41:51-52 ; Genesis 42:18 ; Genesis 50:19-20 ) show that Josep...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JOSEPH IN PRISON Genesis 39:1-23 "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life."- Jam...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph in Potiphar's House Genesis 39:1-18 Ungodly families and employers owe more than they realize to the presence in their homes and busines...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 c...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 16:7 Sweet argument this! It was a sin against himself. It was a sin even against his mistress! It was a sin against a kind master. But h...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION, FOR YIELDING IS SIN’ ‘How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?’ Genesis 39:9 We are accustomed to...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[There is] none greater in this house than I ,.... Not any of the servants of the house, he was the chief of them, who had all the rest under him; o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 39:9 [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:...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How can I do this great wickedness? How can I, to whom my master has shown so much kindness, when I was a poor, forlorn stranger from a foreign lan...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, an...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joseph Is Sold Into Slavery, Resists Temptation and Strangely Prospers in Prison ( Genesis 39:1-23 ). That what now happens to Joseph is in the ha...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 39:9 . Sin against God.] Joseph uses the common name for God in addressing this Egyptian.— Genesis 39:11 . About this...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 39:9 We are accustomed to admire the mere act of resistance to temptation, by whomsoever and howsoever offered. But there is a vast differ...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God? Joseph’s resistance We are accustomed to admire the mere act of resistance to temptatio...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph Flees from Temptation
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

there is none 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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

none. Genesis 24:2 Nehemiah 6:11 Luke 12:48 1 Corinthians 4:2 Titus 2:10 how then. Genesis 20:3 Genesis 20:6 Leviticus 20:10 2 Samue...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joseph Rejected by His Brethren Genesis 37:20 - Genesis 39:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we proceed to consider Joseph, as rejected of his b...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joseph, Servant of Potiphar Genesis 39:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a chapter that is thrown in between the story of Joseph sold to the Is...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

How can I sin against God — Not only how shall I do it and sin against my master, my mistress, myself, my own body and soul, but against God? — Gra...

⁹ 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?

Related Commentaries of Genesis 39:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 39:9