GENESIS 39:11

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.”

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Genesis 39:11 Translation & Meaning

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And it came to pass וַֽיְהִי֙ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) came pass
about this הַזֶּ֔ה The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that about
time, כְּהַיּ֣וֹם A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) time
that went וַיָּבֹ֥א To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) that went
Joseph (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
into the house הַבַּ֖יְתָה A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) house
to do לַֽעֲשׂ֣וֹת To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application do
his business; מְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ Properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) business
and none אִ֜ישׁ A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) none
there was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
of the men מֵֽאַנְשֵׁ֥י A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) men
of the house הַבַּ֛יִת A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) house
there שָׁ֖ם There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence there
within. בַּבָּֽיִת׃ A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) within

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  • 9  There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

  • 10  And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

  • 11  And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

  • 12  And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

  • 13  And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,




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