Session 10
three actions in these verses that trapped Joseph.
11 Now one day he went into the house to do his work,
and none of the household servants were there.
12 She grabbed him by his garment and said, “Sleep with me!”
But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
13 When she saw that he had left his garment with her and had run outside,
14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them,
“my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us.
He came to me so he could sleep with me,
and I screamed as loud as I could.
15 When he heard me screaming for help, he left his garment beside me and ran outside.”
16 She put Joseph’s garment beside her until his master came home.
Believers may need to flee from a situation to escape temptation.
(An empty house, an item left behind, and a dishonest person)
review the content for verses 11-16 on pages 95-96 of the PSG.
Highlight some of the key words and ideas in these verses.
Under the Joseph column record the words fled temptation.
Joseph’s commitment to flee temptation stands in contrast to Judah giving into temptation.
Remind adults that we are not called to stand and fight every temptation that comes along.
Sometimes, our best response is to remove ourselves from the situation,
to run away from temptation.
For Joseph, that protected his integrity.
His situation was about to get worse, but he still maintained his honor and his righteousness before God.