Genesis 39:7-13

⁷and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

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.

⁹No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

¹⁰Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

¹¹One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

¹²She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

¹³When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

— Genesis 39:7-13

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Cross References for Genesis 39:7-13

• 2 Timothy 2:22
• 1 Peter 2:11
• Proverbs 5:8
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• 1 Corinthians 15:33
• Proverbs 7:5
• Proverbs 6:5
• Proverbs 1:15

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