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Ramban on Genesis 39:8/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״ט:ח׳
אוַיְמָאֵן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל אֵשֶׁת אֲדֹנָיו סִפֵּר הַכָּתוּב כִּי מֵאֵן לַעֲשׂוֹת כִּרְצוֹנָהּ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא גְּבִרְתּוֹ אֵשֶׁת אֲדוֹנָיו וְהוּא יָרֵא מִמֶּנָּה, כִּי הָיָה יָרֵא אֶת הַשֵּׁם יוֹתֵר, וְזֶה טַעַם "אֶל אֵשֶׁת אֲדֹנָיו":
1BUT HE REFUSED, AND SAID UNTO HIS MASTER’s WIFE. Scripture relates that he refused to do her will even though she was his mistress, i.e., his master’s wife, and he feared her, for he feared G-d more. This is the meaning of the expression, unto his master’s wife.