| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Ge 39:7 | Strong Concordance | And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that his master's [0113] wife [0802] cast [05375] her eyes [05869] upon Joseph [03130]; and she said [0559], Lie [07901] with me. |
| King James | And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph--Egyptian women were not kept in the same secluded manner as females are in most Oriental countries now. They were treated in a manner more worthy of a civilized people--in fact, enjoyed much freedom both at home and abroad. Hence Potiphar's wife had constant opportunity of meeting Joseph. But the ancient women of Egypt were very loose in their morals. Intrigues and intemperance were vices very prevalent among them, as the monuments too plainly attest [WILKINSON]. Potiphar's wife was probably not worse than many of the same rank, and her infamous advances made to Joseph arose from her superiority of station. |