Genesis 39:9 · WEB
“He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"”
— Genesis 39:9
Speaker
Joseph
Era
Patriarchs (~2000 BC)
Emotion
deciding
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
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