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NASB | Genesis 39:9 "There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 39:9 "He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God [and your husband]?" |
Bible Question:
Notice Joseph's response to Potiphar's wife: Genesis 39:9 "There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?" My question is on the last phrase "...sin against God?" By what reasoning or knowledge did Joseph consider adultery with Potiphar's wife to be sin against God? Notice that this was before the law of Moses was given. Pastor Glenn |
Bible Answer: Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil." People after Adam had the knowledge of God and good and evil, and they would have passed it on from generation to generation. The first few books of Genesis covers many hundreds of years of history, and there were many written accounts of this time. Moses combined these accounts together when he wrote Genesis. In Deuteronomy, when he gave the 10 commandments, the rules had already been in place - the commandments were just like a revision lesson to get them to sink in a bit better. |
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