Genesis 39:9-19

9No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”

10She kept putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible.

11One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work.

12She came and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding, “Come on, sleep with me!” Joseph tore himself away, but he left his cloak in her hand as he ran from the house.

13When she saw that she was holding his cloak and he had fled,

14she called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed.

15When he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his cloak behind with me.”

16She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home.

17Then she told him her story. “That Hebrew slave you’ve brought into our house tried to come in and fool around with me,” she said.

18“But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his cloak with me!”

19Potiphar was furious when he heard his wife’s story about how Joseph had treated her.