“And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.”
And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her. The repeated propositions — day after day — and the repeated refusals are the sustained test of Joseph's integrity. He does not refuse once and then weaken; he refuses consistently and avoids her presence. The application: sustained faithfulness in the face of repeated temptation is the faithfulness that cannot be broken by persistence. Joseph refuses every day.
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