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Genesis 39:12

Potiphar’s wife grabbed his cloak and said, “Have sex [EUP] with me!” Joseph ran out of the house, but his cloak was still in her hand!

Translation for Translators

In The 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.

In Context

11One day Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the other household servants were in the house.

13When she saw that he had run outside leaving his cloak in her hand,

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Cross References

Genesis 39:10She kept on asking Joseph day after day to have sex [EUP] with her, but he refused. He would not even go near her.

2 Samuel 13:11But when she brought them close for him to eat them, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come to bed with me!”

Proverbs 5:8Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!

Proverbs 7:13When she saw that young man, she put her arms around him and kissed him. Then without being a bit ashamed, she said,

Ezekiel 16:30I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that when you did all those things, acting like [MET] a bold prostitute, you were showing that you were ready to do anything that you wanted to [IDM].

1 Corinthians 15:33Do not let yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again {Do not let people who say that God will not cause believers to live again deceive you}. If you associate with evil people who say such things, they will ◄influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living►.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 39:8-13

7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But 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; 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… Read the whole commentary →

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