Genesis 39:12

In 11 translations

BSB

She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

KJV

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.

WEB

She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.

ASV

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.

LSV

and she catches him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me”; and he leaves his garment in her hand, and flees, and goes outside.

YLT

and she catcheth him by his garment, saying, 'Lie with me;' and he leaveth his garment in her hand, and fleeth, and goeth without.

DBY

Then she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran out.

DRC

And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand, fled, and went out.

GNV

Therefore she caught him by his garmet, saying, Sleepe with me: but he left his garment in her hand and fled, and got him out.

JPS

that she caught him by his garment, saying: 'Lie with me.' And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

LXXE

And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth.

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WLC

וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂ֧הוּ בְּבִגְד֛וֹ לֵאמֹ֖ר שִׁכְבָ֣ה עִמִּ֑י וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב בִּגְדוֹ֙ בְּיָדָ֔הּ וַיָּ֖נָס וַיֵּצֵ֥א הַחֽוּצָה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐπεσπάσατο αὐτὸν τῶν ἱματίων, λέγουσα, κοιμήθητι μετʼ ἐμοῦ· καὶ καταλιπὼν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς ἔφυγε, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Proverbs 7:13–27She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows. So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you. I have decked my bed with coverings,…
• 1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
• Proverbs 6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
• Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
• Ecclesiastes 7:26And 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.
• Mark 14:51–52One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him, but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
• Genesis 39:8But 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.
• Genesis 39:10Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
• Ezekiel 16:30–31How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute! But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every…
• Proverbs 1:15my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
• 1 Samuel 15:27As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

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