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she said to Joseph: "Why dost thou refuse to fulfil my wish? Am I not a married woman? None will find out what thou hast done."
Joseph replied: "If the unmarried women of the heathen are prohibited unto us, how much more their married women? As the Lord liveth, I will not commit the crime thou biddest me do."
— Joseph (Genesis)
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Joseph replied: "If the unmarried women of the heathen are prohibited unto us, how much more their married women? As the Lord liveth, I will not commit the crime thou biddest me do."" in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Joseph (Genesis)
Joseph (/ˈdʒoʊzɪf, -sɪf/; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף meaning "Increase", Standard Hebrew Yosef, Tiberian Yôsēp̄; Arabic: يوسف Yūsuf or Yūsif; Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ Iōsēph) (died 1444 or 1445 BC) is an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis. He is the firstborn of Rachel and the twelfth child of Jacob.
About Joseph (Genesis)
Joseph (/ˈdʒoʊzɪf, -sɪf/; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף meaning "Increase", Standard Hebrew Yosef, Tiberian Yôsēp̄; Arabic: يوسف Yūsuf or Yūsif; Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ Iōsēph) (died 1444 or 1445 BC) is an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis. He is the firstborn of Rachel and the twelfth child of Jacob.
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