February 11, 2024
Sermon by Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
2.11.24
Scripture Reading: Genesis 39:7-21
It came about after these events that his master’s wife [a]looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, with me here, my master [b]does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my [c]charge. 9 [d]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?” 10 As she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her. 11 Now it happened [e]one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside. 12 She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside. 13 [f]When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, 14 she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought in a [g]Hebrew to us to make sport of us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I [h]screamed. 15 When he heard that I raised my voice and [i]screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside.” 16 So she [j]left his garment beside her until his master came home. 17 Then she spoke to him [k]with these words, “[l]The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make sport of me; 18 and as I raised my voice and [m]screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.”