Genesis 39:15
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.
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
16 So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
17 Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
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.
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- BSB
- When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
- KJV
- And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
- WEB
- When he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment by me, and ran outside.”
- ASV
- and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out.
- DARBY
- and it came to pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled and went out.
- BLB
- And it came to pass when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, that he left his garment beside me and he fled, and he went outside.”
- ÅB
- og da han hørte at jeg satte i å rope, lot han sin kappe etter seg hos meg og flyktet ut av huset.
- OTB
- Da han hørte meg heve stemmen og skrike, lot han kappen bli ved siden av meg og flyktet ut.»
- B1930
- og da han hørte at jeg satte i å rope, lot han sin kappe efter sig hos mig og flyktet ut av huset.