World English Bible
Genesis 39:18
“and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside.”
Verse in context — Genesis 39
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She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
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She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
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and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside.
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It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that his wrath was kindled.
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Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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