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.
16
She kept his coat right there until his master came home.
17
She told him the same story. She said, "The Hebrew slave, the one you brought to us, came after me and tried to use me for his plaything.
18
When I yelled and screamed, he left his coat with me and ran outside."
19
When his master heard his wife's story, telling him, "These are the things your slave did to me," he was furious.
20
Joseph's master took him and threw him into the jail where the king's prisoners were locked up. But there in jail
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