KJV King James Version
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 39:12
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
WEB World English Bible
She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and she catcheth him by his garment, saying, ‘Lie with me;’ and he leaveth his garment in her hand, and fleeth, and goeth without.
Surrounding context — Genesis 39
9 [There is] none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, [or] to be with her.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that [Joseph] went into the house to do his business; and [there was] none of the men of the house there within.
12 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.
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
15 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.
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וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂ֧הוּH8610 · ta.pha.sto captureבְּבִגְד֛וֹH899 · be.gedtreacheryלֵאמֹ֖רH559 · a.marto sayשִׁכְבָ֣הH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downעִמִּ֑יH5973 · imwithוַיַּעֲזֹ֤בH5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeבִּגְדוֹ֙H899 · be.gedtreacheryבְּיָדָ֔הּH3027 · yadhandוַיָּ֖נָסH5127 · nusto fleeוַיֵּצֵ֥אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeהַחֽוּצָה׃H2351 · chutsoutside
Cross-references
2 Timothy 2:22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.Proverbs 7:13-27So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;Proverbs 6:5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.Genesis 39:10And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, [or] to be with her.Mark 14:51-52And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about [his] naked [body]; and the young men laid hold on him:Genesis 39:8But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what [is] with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Proverbs 1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:Ezekiel 16:30-31How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these [things], the work of an imperious whorish woman;1 Samuel 15:27And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
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