Genesis 39:9 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?

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Genesis 39:9 "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?"

9. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?--This remonstrance, when all inferior arguments had failed, embodied the true principle of moral purity--a principle always sufficient where it exists, and alone sufficient.

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Brief Summary: Joseph prospered because the Lord was with him, Joseph becomes the ruler of Potiphar's house, Joseph resists Potiphar's wife, Joseph is falsely accused, Joseph is cast into prison, Joseph is made keeper of the prison.

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1 God is with Joseph
4 Joseph is made overseer in Potiphar's house
7 Joseph resists his master's wife's temptation
13 Jospeh is falsely accused
20 Joseph is cast into prison
21 God Is with him.

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