Genesis 39:13
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.
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.
15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
- KJV
- And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
- WEB
- When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside,
- ASV
- And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
- DARBY
- And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled forth,
- BLB
- And it came to pass when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and he fled outside,
- ÅB
- Og da hun så at han hadde latt sin kappe etter seg i hennes hånd og var flyktet ut av huset,
- OTB
- Da hun innså at han hadde latt kappen bli i hennes hånd og hadde flyktet ut,
- B1930
- Og da hun så at han hadde latt sin kappe efter sig i hennes hånd og var flyktet ut av huset,