Genesis 39:12
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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.She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
In other translations
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.She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
Hebrew words
וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂהוּvatitpesehuand she seized himH8610בְּבִגְדוֹbevigdoby clothing hisH899לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559שִׁכְבָהshikhvahlie !H7901עִמִּי'imiwith meH5973וַיַּעֲזֹבvaiya'azoand he leftH5800בִּגְדוֹbigdoclothing hisH899בְּיָדָהּbeyadahin hand herH3027וַיָּנָסvaiyanosand he fledH5127וַיֵּצֵאvaiyetze'and he went outH3318הַחוּצָה׃hachutzahthe outside towardsH2351
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
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- 1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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- Mark 14:51-5251 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.51 One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him, 52 but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.
- Genesis 39:10And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
- Genesis 39:8But 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;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 entrusted everything he owns to my care.
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