Gen 39:4, 6-7, 9, 40:3-4, 1Sa 2:30, Psa 37:3, 11 | TSK | STEP

Genesis 39:4

Joseph.

21; 18:3; 19:19; 32:5; 33:8,10; 1Sa 16:22; Ne 2:4,5; Pr 16:7

overseer.

22; 15:2; 24:2; 41:40,41; Pr 14:35; 17:2; 22:29; 27:18; Ac 20:28

Genesis 39:6-7

he left.

4,8,23; Lu 16:10; 19:17

save.

43:32; Pr 31:11

a goodly person.{Yephaih toar, weephaih maraih,} "beautiful in person and beautiful in countenance." Joseph's beauty is so celebrated in the East, that a handsome man is frequently compared to him; and the Persian poets vie with each other in descriptions of his comeliness.

12:14,15; 29:17; 1Sa 16:12; 17:42; Ac 7:20

A.M. 2285. B.C. 1719. cast.

6:2; Job 31:1; Ps 119:37; Eze 23:5,6,12-16; Mt 5:28; 2Pe 2:14

1Jo 2:16

Lie.

2Sa 13:11; Pr 2:16; 5:9; 7:13; Jer 3:3; Eze 16:25,32,34

Genesis 39:9

none.

24:2; Ne 6:11; Lu 12:48; 1Co 4:2; Tit 2:10

how then.

20:3,6; Le 20:10; 2Sa 11:27; Job 31:9-12,23; Pr 6:29,32

Jer 5:8,9; 1Co 6:9,10; Ga 5:19-21; Heb 13:4; Re 21:8; 22:15

sin.

42:18; Le 6:2; Nu 32:23; 2Sa 12:13; Ne 5:15; Ps 51:4; Jer 28:16

Jer 50:7; 1Jo 3:9

Genesis 40:3-4

the place.

39:20,23

where Joseph was bound.Or, "where Joseph was confined," for he doubtless had his personal liberty. This place, we learn from the preceding chapter, (ver. 20,) was the king's prison. All the officers in the employment of the ancient kings of Egypt, according to Diodorus Siculus, were taken from the most illustrious families of the priesthood in the country; no slave or common person being ever permitted to serve in the presence of the king. As these persons were of the most noble families, it is natural to expect they would be put, when accused, into the state prison.

the captain.

37:36; 39:1,21-23; Ps 37:5

a season.{Yamim,} literally days; how long is uncertain, though the word may signify, as many suppose, a complete year (see Ge 4:3; 24:55); and as Pharaoh called them to an account on his birthday, (ver. 20,) Calmet supposes they had offended on the preceding birthday, and thus had been one whole year in prison.