Genesis 39:12
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- Then she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran out.
- BLB
- And she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” And he left his garment in her hand, and he fled, and he went outside.
- ÅB
- Da grep hun fatt i hans kappe og sa: Ligg hos meg! Men han lot sin kappe etter seg i hennes hånd og flyktet ut av huset.
- OTB
- Hun grep ham i kappen og sa: «Ligg med meg!» Men han lot kappen bli i hennes hånd og flyktet ut.
- B1930
- Da grep hun fatt i hans kappe og sa: Ligg hos mig! Men han lot sin kappe efter sig i hennes hånd og flyktet ut av huset.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Read in contextProverbs 7:13–27
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Read in context1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Read in contextProverbs 5:8
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
Read in contextProverbs 6:5
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 39:8
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
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