Genesis 39:11
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Now it happened on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house, and was doing some business, without any man with him:

none of the men.

Job 24:15 The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

Proverbs 9:17 And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Jeremiah 23:24 Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

Malachi 3:5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Ephesians 5:3,12 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints: . . .

Context
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
10With such words as these day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery. 11Now it happened on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house, and was doing some business, without any man with him:12And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand, fled, and went out.…
Cross References
Genesis 39:10
With such words as these day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery.

Genesis 39:12
And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand, fled, and went out.

Lexicon
One day,
כְּהַיּ֣וֹם (kə·hay·yō·wm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

however,
וַיְהִי֙ (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

[Joseph] went
וַיָּבֹ֥א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

into the house
הַבַּ֖יְתָה (hab·bay·ṯāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

to attend to
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

his work,
מְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ (mə·laḵ·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property

and not
וְאֵ֨ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

a single
אִ֜ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

household
הַבַּ֛יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

servant
מֵאַנְשֵׁ֥י (mê·’an·šê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

[was]
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

inside.
בַּבָּֽיִת׃ (bab·bā·yiṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

it came to pass on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and there was no one of the household within.

that on a certain day he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house.

And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

And it came to pass, about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.

and it cometh to pass about this day, that he goeth into the house to do his work, and there is none of the men of the house there in the house,
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