Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 39:12
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She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
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And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
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She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
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And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
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Genesis 39
10 Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
11 One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
12 She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
13 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
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