Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Genesis
Chapter 39  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:1 JFB -> Commentary on 39:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:1 TSK -> Commentary on 39:1 TSK -> Entry for 39:1 WEN -> Notes on 39:1 NTB -> Civil Service; Ishmaelites; Joseph; Potiphar TTT -> Egypt EBD -> Captain; Chamberlain; Ishmael; Ishmeelites; Merchant; Potiphar; Temptation SBD -> Ishmael; Ishme-elite; Potiphar 39:1 - [In Context] The traders F236 who bought Joseph took him down to Egypt. They sold him to the captain of Pharaoh's guard, Potiphar.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:2 JFB -> Commentary on 39:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:2 TSK -> Commentary on 39:2 TSK -> Entry for 39:2 WEN -> Notes on 39:2 NTB -> Civil Service; God (continued); Joseph; Servant TTT -> Egypt 39:2 - [In Context] But the Lord helped Joseph. Joseph became a successful man. Joseph lived in the house of his master, Potiphar the Egyptian.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:3 JFB -> Commentary on 39:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:3 TSK -> Commentary on 39:3 TSK -> Entry for 39:3 WEN -> Notes on 39:3 NTB -> Civil Service; God (continued); Joseph; Servant TTT -> Egypt; Servants 39:3 - [In Context] Potiphar saw that the Lord was with Joseph. Potiphar saw that the Lord helped Joseph be successful in everything he did.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:4 JFB -> Commentary on 39:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:4 TSK -> Commentary on 39:4 TSK -> Entry for 39:4 WEN -> Notes on 39:4 NTB -> Civil Service; Joseph; Servant TTT -> Egypt; Servants SBD -> Potiphar 39:4 - [In Context] So Potiphar was very happy for Joseph. Potiphar allowed Joseph to work for him and help him to rule the house. Joseph was the ruler over everything Potiphar owned.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:5 JFB -> Commentary on 39:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:5 TSK -> Commentary on 39:5 TSK -> Entry for 39:5 WEN -> Notes on 39:5 NTB -> Civil Service; Joseph; Servant TTT -> Egypt; Servants SBD -> Potiphar 39:5 - [In Context] After Joseph was made the ruler over the house, the Lord blessed the house and everything that Potiphar owned. The Lord did this because of Joseph. And the Lord blessed everything that grew in the fields of Potiphar.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:6 JFB -> Commentary on 39:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:6 TSK -> Commentary on 39:6 TSK -> Entry for 39:6 WEN -> Notes on 39:6 NTB -> Beauty; Civil Service; Joseph; Servant TTT -> Bread; Egypt SBD -> Potiphar 39:6 - [In Context] So Potiphar allowed Joseph to take responsibility for everything in the house. Potiphar worried about nothing, only the food he ate. Joseph was a very handsome, good-looking man.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:7 JFB -> Commentary on 39:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:7 TSK -> Commentary on 39:7 TSK -> Entry for 39:7 WEN -> Notes on 39:7 NTB -> Accusation, False; Adultery; Character; Chastity; Conscience; Continence; Decision; Joseph; Master; Servant; Sin; Wife; Women TTT -> Chastity; Egypt; Temptation SBD -> Joseph 39:7 - [In Context] After some time, the wife of Joseph's master began to like Joseph. One day she said to him, "Sleep with me."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:8 JFB -> Commentary on 39:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:8 TSK -> Commentary on 39:8 TSK -> Entry for 39:8 WEN -> Notes on 39:8 NTB -> Accusation, False; Adultery; Character; Chastity; Conscience; Continence; Decision; Integrity; Joseph; Master; Servant; Sin; Women TTT -> Chastity; Egypt SBD -> Joseph 39:8 - [In Context] But Joseph refused. He said, "My master trusts me with everything in his house. He has given me responsibility for everything here.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:9 JFB -> Commentary on 39:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:9 TSK -> Commentary on 39:9 TSK -> Entry for 39:9 WEN -> Notes on 39:9 NTB -> Accusation, False; Adultery; Character; Chastity; Conscience; Continence; Decision; Integrity; Joseph; Master; Servant; Sin; Women TTT -> Chastity; Egypt; Fear, Godly SBD -> Joseph 39:9 - [In Context] My master has made me almost equal to him in his house. I must not sleep with his wife! That is wrong! It is a sin against God."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:10 JFB -> Commentary on 39:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:10 TSK -> Commentary on 39:10 TSK -> Entry for 39:10 WEN -> Notes on 39:10 NTB -> Accusation, False; Adultery; Character; Chastity; Conscience; Continence; Decision; Integrity; Joseph; Master; Servant; Women TTT -> Chastity; Egypt SBD -> Joseph 39:10 - [In Context] The woman talked with Joseph every day, but Joseph refused to sleep with her.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:11 JFB -> Commentary on 39:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:11 TSK -> Commentary on 39:11 TSK -> Entry for 39:11 WEN -> Notes on 39:11 NTB -> Accusation, False; Adultery; Character; Chastity; Conscience; Continence; Decision; Integrity; Joseph; Master; Servant; Women TTT -> Egypt SBD -> Joseph 39:11 - [In Context] One day Joseph went into the house to do his work. He was the only man in the house at the time.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:12 JFB -> Commentary on 39:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:12 TSK -> Commentary on 39:12 TSK -> Entry for 39:12 WEN -> Notes on 39:12 NTB -> Accusation, False; Adultery; Character; Chastity; Conscience; Continence; Decision; Integrity; Joseph; Master; Servant; Women TTT -> Egypt SBD -> Joseph SPG -> Devotional using 39:12 39:12 - [In Context] His master's wife grabbed his coat and said to him, "Come to bed with me." But Joseph ran out of the house so fast that he left his coat in her hand.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:13 JFB -> Commentary on 39:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:13 WEN -> Notes on 39:13 NTB -> Accusation, False; Chastity; Decision; Master; Servant; Women TTT -> Egypt SBD -> Joseph 39:13 - [In Context] The woman saw Joseph had left his coat in her hands and had run out of the house. {So she decided to lie about what had happened.}
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:14 JFB -> Commentary on 39:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:14 TSK -> Commentary on 39:14 TSK -> Entry for 39:14 WEN -> Notes on 39:14 NTB -> Accusation, False; Chastity; Decision; Falsehood; Hebrew; Malice; Master; Servant; Slander; Women TTT -> Egypt EBD -> Hebrew; Jew 39:14 - [In Context] She called to the men outside. She said, "Look! This Hebrew slave was brought here to make fun of us. He came in and tried to attack me, but I screamed.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:15 JFB -> Commentary on 39:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:15 WEN -> Notes on 39:15 NTB -> Accusation, False; Chastity; Decision; Falsehood; Malice; Master; Servant; Slander; Women TTT -> Egypt 39:15 - [In Context] My scream scared him and he ran away. But he left his coat with me."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:16 JFB -> Commentary on 39:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:16 TSK -> Commentary on 39:16 TSK -> Entry for 39:16 WEN -> Notes on 39:16 NTB -> Accusation, False; Chastity; Decision; Falsehood; Malice; Master; Servant; Slander; Women TTT -> Egypt 39:16 - [In Context] Then she kept his coat until her husband, Joseph's master, came home.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:17 JFB -> Commentary on 39:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:17 TSK -> Commentary on 39:17 TSK -> Entry for 39:17 WEN -> Notes on 39:17 NTB -> Accusation, False; Chastity; Decision; Falsehood; Malice; Master; Servant; Slander; Women TTT -> Egypt EBD -> Hebrew 39:17 - [In Context] And she told her husband the same story. She said, "This Hebrew slave you brought here tried to attack me!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:18 JFB -> Commentary on 39:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:18 WEN -> Notes on 39:18 NTB -> Accusation, False; Chastity; Decision; Malice; Master; Servant; Slander; Women TTT -> Egypt 39:18 - [In Context] But when he came near me I screamed. He ran away, but he left his coat."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:19 JFB -> Commentary on 39:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:19 TSK -> Commentary on 39:19 TSK -> Entry for 39:19 WEN -> Notes on 39:19 NTB -> Accusation, False; Chastity; Decision; Malice; Master; Servant; Women TTT -> Egypt SBD -> Potiphar 39:19 - [In Context] Joseph's master heard what his wife said. And he became very angry.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:20 JFB -> Commentary on 39:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:20 TSK -> Commentary on 39:20 TSK -> Entry for 39:20 WEN -> Notes on 39:20 NTB -> Accusation, False; Chastity; Criminals; Decision; Imprisonment; Malice; Master; Prison; Prisoners; Punishment; Rulers; Servant; Women TTT -> Afflicted Saints; Egypt; Injustice; Prisons EBD -> Dungeon; Prison SBD -> Potiphar 39:20 - [In Context] There was a prison where the king's enemies were put. So Potiphar put Joseph into that prison. And Joseph stayed there.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:21 JFB -> Commentary on 39:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:21 TSK -> Commentary on 39:21 TSK -> Entry for 39:21 WEN -> Notes on 39:21 NTB -> Criminals; God (continued); Joseph; Mercy; Prisoners TTT -> Afflicted Saints; Prisons; Servants EBD -> Prison 39:21 - [In Context] But the Lord was with Joseph. The Lord continued to show his kindness to Joseph. After some time, the commander of the prison guards began to like Joseph.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:22 JFB -> Commentary on 39:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:22 TSK -> Commentary on 39:22 TSK -> Entry for 39:22 NTB -> Criminals; Mercy; Prisoners TTT -> Afflicted Saints; Faithfulness; Prisons EBD -> Prison 39:22 - [In Context] The commander of the guards put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners. Joseph was their leader, but he still did the same work they did.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:23 JFB -> Commentary on 39:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 39:23 TSK -> Commentary on 39:23 TSK -> Entry for 39:23 NTB -> Criminals; God (continued); Joseph; Mercy; Prisoners TTT -> Afflicted Saints; Faithfulness; Prisons EBD -> Prison 39:23 - [In Context] The commander of the guards trusted Joseph with everything that was in the prison. This happened because the Lord was with Joseph. The Lord helped Joseph be successful in everything he did.
FOOTNOTES: F236: traders   Literally, "Ishmaelites."

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.