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8 But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.
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But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.
9 No 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.”
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No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”
10 She 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.
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And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.
11 One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work.
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One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.
12 She 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.
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She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.
13 When she saw that she was holding his cloak and he had fled,
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When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
14 she 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.
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she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.
15 When he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his cloak behind with me.”
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When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
16 She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home.
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She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.
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