Genesis 39:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² she caught hold of his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and ran outside.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out [of the house].

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹² She grabbed his garment, saying, “Lie down with me.” But he left his garment in her hands and ran outside.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And she, grasping the hem of his garment, said, "Sleep with me." But he, leaving behind the cloak in her hand, fled and went outside.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand fled, and went out.

Genesis 39:12 Cross References

Genesis 39:10

And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not consent to lie beside her or to be with her.

Genesis 39:11

One day, however, when he went into the house to do his work, and while no one else was in the house,

Genesis 39:13

When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,

Genesis 39:8

But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, with me here, my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my hand.

2 Samuel 13:11

But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”

Proverbs 1:15

my child, do not walk in their way; keep your foot from their paths,

Proverbs 5:8

Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

Proverbs 6:5

save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I found more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, whose heart is nets, whose hands are fetters; one who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

2 Timothy 2:22

Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.

1 Samuel 15:27

As Samuel turned to go away, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.