Lessons
Genesis 39:9-12
There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back any thing from me but you, because you are his wife…


1. Times of advance in the world may prove times of most dangerous assaults of temptation to saints.

2. God's blessings at home and abroad prove occasions of sin unto naughty hearts.

3. Unclean hearts have their times to set their eyes on wicked works.

4. Treacherous lust may turn a wife from a husband to a servant.

5. Unclean hearts and eyes will easily make unclean tongues.

(G. Hughes, B. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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?

WEB: He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he 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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