JOE  "Joseph was well-built and handsome, and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him.  She asked him to make love to her, but he refused and said, 'My master isn't worried about anything in his house, because he has placed me in charge of everything he owns.  No one in my master's house is more important than I am.  The only thing he hasn't given me is you, and that's because you are his wife.  I won't sin against God by doing such a terrible thing as this.'   She kept begging Joseph day after day, but he refused to do what she wanted or even to go near her."

One day, Joseph went to Potiphar's house to do his work , and none of the other servants were there.  Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of his coat and said, 'Make love to me!'  Joseph ran out of the house, leaving her hanging onto his coat."*        

                                                             

Joseph could have yielded (given in) to this temptation on a number of occasions, but he said he did not want to sin against God.  He also not only refused Potiphar's wife, but avoided her.   The text says that he would not even go near her.  When the time came he did not flirt with this temptation but he fled instead!                                                                                                                                                             *Genesis 39:6b-12(Contemporary English Version)                    WB01343_.gif (599 bytes)