Genesis 39:18

18 But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

Genesis 39:18 in Other Translations

18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

18 But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house."

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

18 When I yelled and screamed, he left his coat with me and ran outside."

18 but when I screamed for help, he left his garment with me and ran outside."

Genesis 39:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 39:18

And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried
For help from the servants, and frightened at his insolent attempt: that he left his garment with me, and fled out;
and then she brought it forth, and showed him it.

Genesis 39:18 In-Context

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.

18 But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger.

20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison,