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Text: Genesis 39: 11-18

MEDITATION

Genesis 39:11-18

11 But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside,
12 that she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside.
13 And so it was, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside,
14 that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.
15 And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.”
16 So she kept his garment with her until his master came home.
17 Then she spoke to him with words like these, saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me;
18 so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.”

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The wicked wife of Potiphar

a. She plotted against Joseph.

b. She seized Joseph’s garment as he tried to run away from her.

2. She lodged a complaint to the other servants in the house

a. Not all would have been happy at the swift promotion that Joseph had been given.

b. Some were perhaps “anti-Semitic”.

c. Thus, she remarked that Joseph was a “Hebrew”.

d. She spread her lies to the other servants to gain their support.

e. This was done, just in case, Potiphar decided to check out her story.

3. She complained to Potiphar when he came home

a. Once again, she described Joseph as “a Hebrew servant”.

b. She claimed that Joseph had made advances to her.

c. By so doing, he had “mocked” her.

d. She had cried out and Joseph had fled.

e. She produced the garment (external cloak/ tunic. of Joseph as “proof”.

f. Potiphar’s wife’s pretence had been carefully rehearsed.

经文：创世记 39：11-18

沉思

《创世记 39：11-18》
11 有一天，约瑟进屋里去办事，家中人没有一个在那屋里。
12 妇人就拉住他的衣裳，说：“你与我同寝吧！”约瑟把衣裳丢在妇人手里，跑到外边去了。
13 妇人看见约瑟把衣裳丢在她手里跑出去了，
14 就叫了家里的人来，对他们说：“你们看！他带了一个希伯来人进入我们家里，要戏弄我们。他到我这里来，要与我同寝，我就大声喊叫。
15 他听见我放声喊起来，就把衣裳丢在我这里，跑到外边去了。”
16 妇人把约瑟的衣裳放在自己那里，等着他主人回家，
17 就对他如此如此说：“你所带到我们这里的那希伯来仆人进来要戏弄我，

18 我放声喊起来，他就把衣裳丢在我这里跑出去了。”

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 波提乏邪恶的妻子

a. 她秘密地谋划对付约瑟

b. 当约瑟试图逃脱时，她拉住了他的衣裳

2. 她向家中其他的仆人告状

a. 约瑟迅速得到了晋升，并非所有人都感到满意

b. 或许有些人是“反犹太”的

c. 因此，她称约瑟为“希伯来人”

d. 她为了得到其他仆人的支持而散播谎言

e. 这是为了预防波提乏调查对照她所编造的故事

3. 波提乏回到家时，她便向他告状

a. 她再次地形容约瑟为“那希伯来仆人”

b. 她声称约瑟想占她的便宜

c. 因此“戏弄”了她

d. 她放声喊起来，约瑟就跑出去了

e. 她把约瑟的衣裳（外衣/上衣）当成了“证据”

f. 波提乏的妻子已精心地编造了虚假的证言