Genesis 39
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Genesis 39:14-20

14she calledH7121 her householdH1004 servantsH582. “LookH7200,” she saidH559, “this HebrewH5680H376 has been broughtH935 to us to make sportH6711 of us. He cameH935 to meH413 so he could sleepH7901 with meH5973, but I screamedH7121 as loudH6963 as I couldH1419. 15When he heard meH8085H3588 scream for helpH7311H6963H7121, he leftH5800 his cloakH899 beside meH681 and ranH5127H3318 outH2351 of the house.”

16So Potiphar’s wife keptH5117 Joseph’s cloakH899 beside herH681 untilH5704 his masterH113H413 cameH935 homeH1004. 17Then she told himH1696H413 the sameH428H559 storyH1697: “The HebrewH5680 slaveH5650 you broughtH935 usH413 cameH935 to me to make sportH6711 of me, 18but when I screamed for helpH7311H6963H7121, he leftH5800 his cloakH899 beside meH681 and ranH5127 outH2351 of the house.”

19WhenH1961 his masterH113 heardH8085 the storyH1697 his wifeH802 toldH1696 himH413, sayingH559, “ThisH428 is whatH1697 your slaveH5650 didH6213 to me,” he burnedH2734 with angerH639. 20So Joseph’sH3130 masterH113 tookH3947 himH853 and had him thrownH5414 intoH413 the prisonH1004H5470 whereH4725 the king’sH4428 prisonersH631 were confinedH631.

While Joseph wasH1961 thereH8033 in the prisonH1004H5470,

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