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Genesis 39

Gen. 39:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There is none greater
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
in this house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
than I; neither
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
hath he kept back
chasak (Hebrew #2820)
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; also (by interch. with 2821) to observe
KJV usage: assuage, X darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
Pronounce: khaw-sak'
Origin: a primitive root
any thing
muwmah (Hebrew #3972)
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
KJV usage: fault, + no(-ught), ought, somewhat, any ((no-))thing.
Pronounce: meh-oo'-maw
Origin: apparently a form of 3971
from me but thee, because
'aher (Hebrew #834)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
KJV usage: X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
Pronounce: ash-er'
Origin: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number)
thou
'attah (Hebrew #859)
aatta {at-taw'}; or wath {ath}; feminine (irregular) sometimes nattiy {at-tee'}; plural masculine attem {at- tem'}; feminine atten {at-ten'}; or oattenah {at-tay'naw}; or fattennah {at-tane'-naw}; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
KJV usage: thee, thou, ye, you.
Pronounce: at-taw'
Origin: or (shortened)
art his wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
: how then can I do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
this great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
wickedness
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
e, and sin
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
f against God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Lev. 20:10• 10And a man that committeth adultery with a man's wife, who committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, —the adulterer and the adulteress shall certainly be put to death. (Lev. 20:10)
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Prov. 6:29,32• 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife:{HR}Whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding;{HR}He [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (Prov. 6:29,32)
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2 Sam. 12:13• 13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. (2 Sam. 12:13)
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Psa. 51:4• 4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,{HR}And have done the evil in thy sight (eyes);{HR}That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest,{HR}[And be] clear when thou judgest. (Psa. 51:4)
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Jer. 28:16• 16Therefore thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against Jehovah. (Jer. 28:16)

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Cross References

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Gen. 24:2• 2And Abraham said to his servant, the eldest in his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, (Gen. 24:2)
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Neh. 6:11• 11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in. (Neh. 6:11)
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Luke 12:48• 48But he who knew [it] not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to everyone to whom much is given, much shall be required from him: and to whom [men] have committed much, they will ask from him the more. (Luke 12:48)
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1 Cor. 4:2• 2Here a moreover it is sought in stewards that one be found faithful, (1 Cor. 4:2)
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Titus 2:10• 10not purloining, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. (Titus 2:10)
how then.
Gen. 20:3,6• 3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman that thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
 6And God said to him in a dream, I also knew that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, and I, too, have withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore have I not suffered thee to touch her. (Gen. 20:3,6)
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Lev. 20:10• 10And a man that committeth adultery with a man's wife, who committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, —the adulterer and the adulteress shall certainly be put to death. (Lev. 20:10)
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2 Sam. 11:27• 27And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Jehovah. (2 Sam. 11:27)
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Job 31:9‑12,23• 9If my heart was enticed about a woman,{HR}And I laid wait at my neighbour’s door,
 10Let my wife grind for another, and others bow down on her.
 11For this [is] an infamy, and that a crime for a judge.
 12For a fire it [is], it consumeth to destruction,{HR}And it would uproot all my increase.
 23For the destruction of God [El] was a terror to me,{HR}And before his majesty I was powerless. (Job 31:9‑12,23)
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Prov. 6:29,32• 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife:{HR}Whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding;{HR}He [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (Prov. 6:29,32)
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Jer. 5:8‑9• 8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
 9Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Jer. 5:8‑9)
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1 Cor. 6:9‑10• 9What! know ye not that unjust [men] shall not inherit God's kingdom? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers of themselves as women, nor abusers of themselves with men,
 10nor rapacious, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit God's kingdom. (1 Cor. 6:9‑10)
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Gal. 5:19‑21• 19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
 20idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, bursts of passion, contentions, divisions, parties,
 21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these, as to which I forewarn you, even as also I forewarned, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom. (Gal. 5:19‑21)
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Heb. 13:4• 4[Be] marriage in all [things] held in honour, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. (Heb. 13:4)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)
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Rev. 22:15• 15Without are the dogs and the sorcerers and the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters and every one that loveth and practiceth a lie. (Rev. 22:15)
sin.
Gen. 42:18• 18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do that ye may live: I fear God. (Gen. 42:18)
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Lev. 6:2• 2If anyone sin, and commit a perfidy against Jehovah, and lie to his neighbour as to a matter of trust, or a loan, or a robbery, or a cheat to his neighbour; (Lev. 6:2)
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Num. 32:23• 23But if ye do not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and be sure your sin will find you out. (Num. 32:23)
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2 Sam. 12:13• 13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. (2 Sam. 12:13)
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Neh. 5:15• 15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. (Neh. 5:15)
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Psa. 51:4• 4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,{HR}And have done the evil in thy sight (eyes);{HR}That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest,{HR}[And be] clear when thou judgest. (Psa. 51:4)
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Jer. 28:16• 16Therefore thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against Jehovah. (Jer. 28:16)
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Jer. 50:7• 7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of justice, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers. (Jer. 50:7)
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1 John 3:9• 9Every one that hath been born of God doeth not sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been begotten of God. (1 John 3:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

W. Kelly Translation

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None [is] greater in this house than I; nor hath he withheld from me anything but thee, because thou [art] his wife. And how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?