Genesis 39
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Genesis 39:7-12

7And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me."

8But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge.

9He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?"

10And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.

11But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house,

12she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house.

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