Genesis 39:18

But I yelled out really loud, and straight away, he ran out of the house, and he left his coat next to me.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

In Context

17Later on, Potifar came home, and his wife said the same things to him that she said to those work-men. She lied and said, “That work-man from the Hebrew tribe, the one that you brought here, he came to me, and he tried to sleep with me and make me shamed.

19Potifar heard his wife say that Joseph did those bad things to her. And Potifar got really angry.

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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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