Potiphar's wife proposes they sleep together. Joseph refuses, articulating why: Potiphar has trusted him, and betraying that trust would be a sin against God.
Joseph's ethics are clear. They're not based on fear or prudishness. They're based on relational integrity - he won't betray trust.
I grew up in a culture that made a lot of sexual rules, but Joseph's reasoning isn't about rules. He's protecting a relationship and his own character. That's a different kind of purity than what I was taught - less about avoiding contamination, more about maintaining integrity in relationships.
When I've faced temptation, Joseph's question helps me: who would I betray? What trust would I break? That's clarifying in a way rules never were.
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