h In rcken of his being the firſt-born, which the confidently ex- | petted he would be. | .
29 And it came to paſs, as he drew back his hand, that behold his brother came out : and ſhe ſaid, F How haſt thou broken forth ? this breach be upon thee z : therefore his name was called + * Pharez.
z Be impured to thee, as the ſame phraſe 1s taken, Ger. 16. 5.
30 And afterward came out his brother that had the
T Or, wherefore ' haſt thou
giſt thee?
+ T Thar is, ſcarlet thread upon his hand, and his name was called:
” 8 breach, Zarah.
CHAP, XXXIX.
God profpers Joſeph in Potiphar's ſervice, 1, 2. , Jets hnm over all his houſe, 3——6. He is a goodly Perſon, and his miſtreſs ſollicites hum to lye with her, 7, He abhorring the ingratitnde againſt his maſter, and ſin againſt God, conflantly refujes, $ —10. They being fr the Houſe alone, fþe ſeizes his coat, which he leaves with her, and fled,
L 24 : Marth: MEE
Potiphar obſerves it, and.
ESTS ; Chap. XXXIX | IT w— 13, She accuſes him frft to the ſervants, 14, 15, Then to |
his maſter, 16 =— 18. Who caſts hins into priſon, 19, 20. The Lord z with him there ; he finds favour with the keeper ; u ſet over the priſoners,
and proſpers, 21 —23, A ND Joſeph was brought down to Egypt, and * Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the * Chap guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the 37: 36 ihmaelites, which had brought him down thither. | 2 And * the LORD was with Joſeph a, and he was * ; $an a proſperous man, and he was in the houſe b of his maſter a 18:
che Egyptian. eng aWirh his gracious Preſence and Bleſſing, as this phraſe is raken AQs 7:
here, Yerſe 21. and Gen. 21. 22. and 26. 24, 6 He doth not endeavour to make an eſcape te his Father, bur demeaned himſelf pattently _ faithfully in the ſtation into which God's Providence had brought
im. pe
| 3 And his maſter ſaw that the LOR D: was with him c, and that the LOR D made all that he did to
proſper in his hand d,
c The Heathens owned a ſupream God, and his over-ruling Providence in Affairs, though they did nor glorify him as God, bur worlhipped the Crearure with; and more than the Creator, Rom: 1:25.
a (5. e. ) Under his Miniftry, as this Phraſe is uſed, Exod: 4: 133
Levit: 8: 36: Prov: 26: 6: and oft elſewhere. : . 4 And Joſeph found grace in his ſight, and he ſerved
him e, and he made him overſcer over his houſe, and
all that he had he pur into his hand f.
2 Not now as a Slave, but in an higher degree. f( #. e. ) Com» mitted to his care and management, as Gen. 16. 6. Objef#. How could this be, when Joſeph underſtood not the Egyptian Tongue ? Anſw. Joſeph doubtleſs when he came thither, did as much as poſſi. bly he could, endeavour to get the knowledge of that Language, and being a Perſon of excellent Parts would ſoon obtain ir, eſpecially becauſe of the grear Afffiniry between that Language and his own. Nor muſt we think that: Joſeph was thus highly advanced in an inſtant, but by degrees, ſtep by ſtep, and after ſome conſiderable time.
5 And it came to paſs from the time that he had : made him overſeer in his houſe, and over all that + - he had, that * the LORD bleſſed the Egyptizns * Chap: houſe for Joſephs ſake : and the vlefling of the LORD 3® *7* bare upea all that he had in the houſe, and in the IEid., :
6 And he left all that he had in Joſephs hand : and he knew not ought he had, ſave the bread which he did eat g:: and Joſeph was a goodly perfon, and well.
favoured. | EEE 254 g He took care for nothing, but that he might ear, and drink, and
{ fare deliciouſly. Nor did he indeed rake any care for that, it being
provided for him by other hands. Others thus, he took care for nothing, but committed all to Joſeph, except his Bread, which he would not have provided by an Hebrew hand, becauſe the Egyptians. might not eat Bread with the Hebrews, Gen. 43. 32. But that was no impedimenr, for neither did Joſeph eat with his Maſter, nor was he the Cook to dreſs it for him. Bur he might provide Feod for him, as afrerwards he did for all the Egyprians without any ſcruple on their
1de. :
7 And it came to paſs after. theſe things, rae his mafters wife caft her eyes upon Joſcph þ, and ſhe ſaid,
Lice witch me. h Ta a laſcivious and unchaſt manner. See Job 31. 1. Matth. 5. 28:
2 Pet. 2. 14. 8 Bur he refuſed, and ſaid unto his maſters wife,
Behold, my maſter wottsth nor what 3s with me in the houſe, and he hath commicted all that he hath to my hand: |
9 There is none greater in this houſe than I: neither hatch he kept back any thing from me, but thee, becauſe thou art his wife: How then can I do this great wickednels, and * fin againſt God ?
io And it came to paſs, as ſhe ſpake to Joſeph day by day, that he hearkned not unto her, to lie by her,
or to be with her z.
; He avoided her Company and familiar Converſation, as evil in it ſelf, the preſent circumſtances conſidered, and as an occation of furrhFevit. See Prov: 1: I5: and 5:8; 1 Cor: 15: 33: 1 Theſft 5: 22: 1 Tim: 5: 14.
Ir And it came to paſs about this rime &, that Joſeph went into the houſe to do his buſineſs 4, and there was none of the men of the houſe thers withia *.
k Or, Upon a certain day, which ſhe thought convenient for the: reaſon foliowing. . { That which belonged to bis charge ; to caſt up his accounts, as the Chaldee renders it, which requiring privacy, gave her this opportunity. * To wir, in that part of the Houſe where Joſeph was. |
12 And ſhe 'caught him by his garment, ſaying, Lie with me : and he left his garment in her hand and fled, and got him out,
mm Which he would not ſtrive to get from her, partly for reye*, rence to his Miſtreſs ; partly in deteſtation of her Wickednels,
_ *Chap:20: 6: Lev:....; 6: 2: Plak 51: 4
=—
whereby even his Garment might ſeem to be infe&ed ; and partly - to put kunſelf and her out of the danger of furtter Tempratr
Qn, | ; ; + 4 | WH 4 x3 And
Chan.
— Ws
Fans em _ —_.
em
gems, nn
oe
I” > mpeg _ een,
Cn emu —
Pon BREE $5
ee I
— ___ treo
"Ins qe gve an _—_— wo anus Ren, —— _
+ Heb. extended \ kindneſs f unto him. [ * Exod: 3: - 21:and 11: 3:ard 12: | 36:Pſal: { 206: 46: ' Prov:16: 7. Dan: I: 9:
00400
12 And it came to paſs, when ſhe ſaw that he had |
left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth ; 14 That ſhe called unto the men of her houſe »,
and ſpake unto them, ſaying, See, he # hath brought
in an Hebrew p unto us, to mock q usr : he camein unto me to lie with me, and I cryed with a # loud
voice.
» To ſuch as were in other parts of the Houſe, whom ſhe called