Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her.
Genesis 39:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised She grabbed him by his garment and said, ‘Sleep with me! ’ But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 She grabbed his garment, saying, “Lie down with me.” But he left his garment in her hands and ran outside. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand fled, and went out. |
Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her.
Now one day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there.
When she saw that he had left his garment with her and had run outside,
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 put all that he owns under my authority.
When she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, ‘Come and sleep with me, my sister! ’
Escape like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from a hunter’s trap. ,
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.
When Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the corner of his robe, and it tore.