Génesis 39:12

12 Entonces la mujer de Potifar lo agarró del manto y le rogó: «¡Acuéstate conmigo!»Pero José, dejando el manto en manos de ella, salió corriendo de la casa.

Génesis 39:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 39:12

And she caught him by his garment, saying, lie with me
It is very probable that before this time, as soon as ever she began to speak to him, he got away as fast as he could, and would not hear her; wherefore she now laid hold on his garment, in order to detain him, that she might have time to parley with him, and so prevail: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out;
it was his outward loose garment she laid hold on, out of which he slipped himself, and so got clear of her, and ran away, and got out of the house as fast as he could: this he did, because he would not struggle with his mistress for his garment, which no doubt by his strength he could have got from her; and partly lest he should by handling of her have carnal desires excited in him, and so be overcome with her temptation.

Génesis 39:12 In-Context

10 Y por más que ella lo acosaba día tras día para que se acostara con ella y le hiciera compañía, José se mantuvo firme en su rechazo.

11 Un día, en un momento en que todo el personal de servicio se encontraba ausente, José entró en la casa para cumplir con sus responsabilidades.

12 Entonces la mujer de Potifar lo agarró del manto y le rogó: «¡Acuéstate conmigo!»Pero José, dejando el manto en manos de ella, salió corriendo de la casa.

13 Al ver ella que él había dejado el manto en sus manos y había salido corriendo,

14 llamó a los siervos de la casa y les dijo: «¡Miren!, el hebreo que nos trajo mi esposo solo ha venido a burlarse de nosotros. Entró a la casa con la intención de acostarse conmigo, pero yo grité con todas mis fuerzas.