In all the dialogue ,Joseph never gave her FACIAL ATTENTION.it is pertinent to note that lustful people most times give attention to the person they are are lusting after when they are not also looking in their direction. In other words people with seducing spirit draw all the attentions of their victims to them instantly. It is only Holy Ghost filled persons that are immune to waves of seduction and Lust.
Yielding to the Holy Spirit makes one to overcome all the waves of seduction and lust. Submitting to God also makes one to overcome lustful glances and seductive auras or directions.
And Zelicah desired Joseph in her heart, that he should lie with her, and at the time that Joseph was sitting in the house doing his work, Zelicah came and sat before him, and
she enticed him daily with her discourse to lie with her, or ever to look at her, but
Joseph would not hearken to her.
When Joseph refused her lustful advances, she became his enemy instantly. The war in her members had just began against Joseph. she couldn't have Joseph so she first of all intimidated Joseph with threats In our modern times, such threats may come in forms of false accusation, witnesses, lies and black mails from the person lusting about to the person they are lusting after.
And she said unto him, If thou wilt not do according to my words, I will chastise thee
with the punishment of death, and put an iron yoke upon thee
she threatened Joseph with Imprisonment. It is not different from the stories we see modernly about Bosses wives threatening their maidservants or maids because they don't agree to their lusts .
Let see how the lust in Zelicah made her SICK!!!! she fell sick because Joseph refused to submit to her desires but feared God instead. Joseph knew she was a married woman, her husband wasn't around and sleeping with her would mean dishonor and reproach to him and his master.
Joseph thought about the consequences of such Lusts. He thought about it and was now ready to resist stead fastedly her lust.
And Joseph said unto her, Surely God who created man looseth the fetters of prisoners,
and it is he who will deliver me from thy prison and from thy judgment.
26. And when she could not prevail over him, to persuade him, and her soul being still fixed
upon him, her desire threw her into a grievous sickness.
if Zelicah had true love for Joseph instead of Lusts she would have just left him to also grow into a man with genuine true love of God than satisfying her Lusts.
In such cases today in our society such people possessed with the spirit of Lust are called pedophiles.
Did zelicah fall sick only? no! she started to tell all her Friends about Joseph and why she was also loosing weight. All her friends came and joseph was summoned out of prison to serve these women.
when he was serving them these oranges, they were all lusting after him and didn't know when they all cut their fingers with the oranges. The table became filled with blood.
Are you shocked about this?? don't be! Joseph was very Handsome and if this was it , these women in Lust couldn't control their urge to have joseph also to an extent they all cut off their fingers.
what a destructive power of Lust!!!!!!!
And all the women of Egypt came to visit her, and they said unto her, Why art thou in
this declining state? thou that lackest nothing; surely thy husband is a great and
esteemed prince in the sight of the king, shouldst thou lack anything of what thy heart
desireth?
28. And Zelicah answered them, saying, This day it shall be made known to you, whence
this disorder springs in which you see me, and she commanded her maid servants to
prepare food for all the women, and she made a banquet for them, and all the women ate
in the house of Zelicah.
29. And she gave them knives to peel the citrons to eat them, and she commanded that they
should dress Joseph in costly garments, and that he should appear before them, and
Joseph came before their eyes and all the women looked on Joseph, and could not take
their eyes from off him, and they all cut their hands with the knives that they had in
their hands, and all the citrons that were in their hands were filled with blood.
30. And they knew not what they had done but they continued to look at the beauty of
Joseph, and did not turn their eyelids from him.
31. And Zelicah saw what they had done, and she said unto them, What is this work that
you have done? behold I gave you citrons to eat and you have all cut your hands.
32. And all the women saw their hands, and behold they were full of blood, and their blood
flowed down upon their garments, and they said unto her, this slave in your house has
overcome us, and we could not turn our eyelids from him on account of his beauty.
33. And she said unto them, Surely this happened to you in the moment that you looked at
him, and you could not contain yourselves from him; how then can I refrain when he is
constantly in my house, and I see him day after day going in and out of my house? how
then can I keep from declining or even from perishing on account of this?
34. And they said unto her, the words are true, for who can see this beautiful form the
house and refrain from him, and is he not thy slave and attendant in thy house, and why
dost thou not tell him that which is in thy heart, and sufferest thy soul to perish through And she said unto them, I am daily endeavoring to persuade him, and he will not
consent to my wishes, and I promised him everything that is good, and yet I could meet
with no return from him; I am therefore in a declining state as you see.
36. And Zelicah became very ill on account of her desire toward Joseph, and she was
desperately lovesick on account of him, and all the people of the house of Zelicah and
her husband knew nothing of this matter, that Zelicah was ill on account of her love to
Joseph.
we see that Zelicah's lust had a main motive of Fornication .she continued to pester Joseph every day and waited for the perfect timing to try again so he could bed her.
it is unfortunate that occasions are always the time the enemy strikes because at occasions people Lay down their guards and pleasure sets in people are always careless at occasions and things happen so drastically and people fall into temptation.
when Job a godly man was rich, he still feared if his children cursed God on occasions and would always sacrifice to God because of this acts.
zelicah on the other hand chose an occasion to seduce Joseph to bed her but Joseph was aware and had the fear of God and self control. e never gave in to her Lust. She then threatened him with a knife in the bedroom.it then became some sort of physical coercion, persuasion, and threats. Joseph ran out of the room and this is how his garments got thorn. she harassed him and took hold of his garment, she put a knife to his neck .
Even if Joseph wanted to Love her, it was now impossible because she just threatened him with murder. This is how lusts operate.
the bible never elaborated on the whole story, but the book of Jasher recounts it all here in full.
And it was after this that the brook of Egypt was filled above all its sides, and all the
inhabitants of Egypt went forth, and also the king and princes went forth with timbrels
and dances, for it was a great rejoicing in Egypt, and a holiday at the time of the
inundation of the sea Sihor, and they went there to rejoice all the day.
48. And when the Egyptians went out to the river to rejoice, as was their custom, all the
people of the house of Potiphar went with them, but Zelicah would not go with them,
for she said, I am indisposed, and she remained alone in the house, and no other person
was with her in the house.
49. And she rose up and ascended to her temple in the house, and dressed herself in princely
garments, and she placed upon her head precious stones of onyx stones, inlaid with
silver and gold, and she beautified her face and skin with all sorts of women's purifying
liquids, and she perfumed the temple and the house with cassia and frankincense, and
she spread myrrh and aloes, and she afterward sat in the entrance of the temple, in the
passage of the house, through which Joseph passed to do his work, and behold Joseph
came from the field, and entered the house to do his master's work.
50. And he came to the place through which he had to pass, and he saw all the work of
Zelicah, and he turned back.
51. And Zelicah saw Joseph turning back from her, and she called out to him, saying What
aileth thee Joseph? come to thy work, and behold I will make room for thee until thou
shalt have passed to thy seat.
52. And Joseph returned and came to the house, and passed from thence to the place of his
seat, and he sat down to do his master's work as usual and behold Zelicah came to him
and stood before him in princely garments, and the scent from her clothes was spread to
a distance.
53. And she hastened and caught hold of Joseph and his garments, and she said unto him,
As the king liveth if thou wilt not perform my request thou shalt die this day, and she
hastened and stretched forth her other hand and drew a sword from beneath her
garments, and she placed it upon Joseph's neck, and she said, Rise and perform my
request, and if not thou diest this day.
54. And Joseph was afraid of her at her doing this thing, and he rose up to flee from hand got out, for he was in fear.
55. And when Zelicah saw that Joseph's garment was torn, and that he had left it in her
hand, and had fled, she was afraid of her life, lest the report should spread concerning
her, and she rose up and acted with cunning, and put off the garments in which she was
dressed, and she put on her other garments.
56. And she took Joseph's garment, and she laid it beside her, and she went and seated
herself in the place where she had sat in her illness, before the people of her house had
gone out to the river, and she called a young lad who was then in the house, and she
ordered him to call the people of the house to her.
57. And when she saw them she said unto them with a loud voice and lamentation, See
what a Hebrew your master has brought to me in the house, for he came this day to lie
with me.
58. For when you had gone out he came to the house, and seeing that there was no person in
the house, he came unto me, and caught hold of me, with intent to lie with me.
59. And I seized his garments and tore them and called out against him with a loud voice,
and when I had lifted up my voice he was afraid of his life and left his garment before
me, and fled.
60. And the people of her house spoke nothing, but their wrath was very much kindled
against Joseph, and they went to his master and told him the words of his wile.
61. And Potiphar came home enraged, and his wife cried out to him, saying, What is this
thing that thou hast done unto me in bringing a He. brew servant into my house, for he
came unto me this day to sport with me; thus did he do unto me this day.
62. And Potiphar heard the words of his wife, and he ordered Joseph to be punished with
severe stripes, and they did so to him.
63. And whilst they were smiting him, Joseph called out with a loud voice, and he lifted up
his eyes to heaven, and he said, O Lord God, thou knowest that I am innocent of all
these things, and why shall I die this day through falsehood, by the hand of these
uncircumcised wicked men, whom thou knowest?
64. And whilst Potiphar's men were beating Joseph, he continued to cry out and weep, and
there was a child there eleven months old, and the Lord opened the mouth of the child,
and he spake these words before Potiphar's men, who were smiting Joseph, saying,And the priests said unto Joseph, Why didst thou do this thing to thy master? and Joseph
answered them, saying, Not so my lords, thus was the matter; and Potiphar said unto
Joseph, Surely I entrusted in thy hands all that belonged to me, and I withheld nothing
from thee but my wife, and how couldst thou do this evil?
72. And Joseph answered saying, Not so my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
my lord, the word which thou didst hear from thy wife is untrue, for thus was the affair
this day.
73. A year has elapsed to me since I have been in thy house; hast thou seen any iniquity in
me, or any thing which might cause thee to demand my life?
74. And the priests said unto Potiphar, Send, we pray thee, and let them bring before us
Joseph's torn garment, and let us see the tear in it, and if it shall be that the tear is in
front of the garment, then his face must have been opposite to her and she must have
caught hold of him, to come to her, and with deceit did thy wife do all that she has
spoken.
75. And they brought Joseph's garment before the priests who were judges, and they saw
and behold the tear was in front of Joseph, and all the judging priests knew that she had
pressed him, and they said, The judgment of death is not due to this slave for he has
done nothing, but his judgment is, that he be placed in the prison house on account of
the report, which through him has gone forth against thy wife.
76. And Potiphar heard their words, and he placed him in the prison house, the place where
the king's prisoners are confined, and Joseph was in the house of confinement twelve
years.
77. And notwithstanding this, his master's wife did not turn from him, and she did not cease
from speaking to him day after day to hearken to her, and at the end of three months
Zelicah continued going to Joseph to the house of confinement day by day, and she
enticed him to hearken to her, and Zelicah said unto Joseph, How long wilt thou remain
in this house? but hearken now to my voice, and I will bring thee out of this house.And the priests said unto Joseph, Why didst thou do this thing to thy master? and Joseph
answered them, saying, Not so my lords, thus was the matter; and Potiphar said unto
Joseph, Surely I entrusted in thy hands all that belonged to me, and I withheld nothing
from thee but my wife, and how couldst thou do this evil?
72. And Joseph answered saying, Not so my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
my lord, the word which thou didst hear from thy wife is untrue, for thus was the affair
this day.
73. A year has elapsed to me since I have been in thy house; hast thou seen any iniquity in
me, or any thing which might cause thee to demand my life?
74. And the priests said unto Potiphar, Send, we pray thee, and let them bring before us
Joseph's torn garment, and let us see the tear in it, and if it shall be that the tear is in
front of the garment, then his face must have been opposite to her and she must have
caught hold of him, to come to her, and with deceit did thy wife do all that she has
spoken.
75. And they brought Joseph's garment before the priests who were judges, and they saw
and behold the tear was in front of Joseph, and all the judging priests knew that she had
pressed him, and they said, The judgment of death is not due to this slave for he has
done nothing, but his judgment is, that he be placed in the prison house on account of
the report, which through him has gone forth against thy wife.
76. And Potiphar heard their words, and he placed him in the prison house, the place where
the king's prisoners are confined, and Joseph was in the house of confinement twelve
years.
77. And notwithstanding this, his master's wife did not turn from him, and she did not cease
from speaking to him day after day to hearken to her, and at the end of three months
Zelicah continued going to Joseph to the house of confinement day by day, and she
enticed him to hearken to her, and Zelicah said unto Joseph, How long wilt thou remain
in this house? but hearken now to my voice, and I will bring thee out of this house.
this is to show you how the spirit of Lust is very destructive. Despite locking up Joseph in the prison, Zelicah never stopped her lustful advances, she still tormented Joseph all those twelve years in the prison with her Lust.
Today we can call this Blackmail, physical abuse, torture and stalking.
lust therefore is a spirit that needs to be bound.
if Joseph had given into Zelicah lust, he would have lost Gods plan of destiny to become the first Prime Minister of Egypt. He also would have sinned against his soul.
joseph would have lost all of Gods promises, fulfillments and commandments if he fell into the lust of zelicah. Then Zelicah would have become pregnant and that child would have been a direct seed of satan.
Gods plan to redeem Mankind and to have his own people would have received another setback again,
these are the repercussions of satisfied lust.People Loose more than they want to have or they thought they had.