Genesis 39:15

15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

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Genesis 39:15 in Other Translations

KJV

15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

ESV

15 And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house."

NLT

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

MSG

15 With all my yelling and screaming, he left his coat beside me here and ran outside."

CSB

15 When he heard me screaming for help, he left his garment with me and ran outside."

Genesis 39:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 39:15

And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice
and cried
He attempting to ravish her, as she would have it understood, but afraid, lest upon her outcry those that were in the house should come in to her assistance, and seize on him: that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out:
but why should he strip himself of his garment, and leave that behind him? he might have fled with it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 39:15 In-Context

13 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

14 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 for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

16 She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.

17 Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.