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 39:7
 39:8
39:7 Sixth Reading
In the course of time, his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph. 'Sleep with me,' she said.
Vayehi achar hadvarim ha'eleh vatisa eshet-adonav et-eyneyha el-Yosef vatomer shichvah imi.
39:8 He adamantly refused. He reasoned with his master's wife. 'My master does not even know what I do in the house. He has entrusted me with everything he owns.
Vayema'en vayomer el-eshet adonav hen adoni lo-yada iti mah-babayit vechol asher-yesh-lo natan beyadi.


Commentary:

In the course of time
  Literally, 'after these events.' See Genesis 40:1.

wife
  Some say that her name was Zelikhah (Sefer HaYashar, p. 126; cf. Tzava'ath Yosef 3:6).





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