Genesis 39:15

and he had heard my voice, he left behind the cloak that I held, and he fled outside.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14she called to herself the men of her house, and she said to them: “Lo, he has brought in a Hebrew man to abuse us. He entered toward me, in order to join with me; and when I had shouted out,

16As a proof, therefore, of her fidelity, she retained the cloak, and she showed it to her husband, when he returned home.

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Cross References

Psalms 64:6wonderful in equity. Hear us, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of a sea far away.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 39:14-19

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. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And she spake unto… Read the whole commentary →

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