Catholic Public Domain Version

Genesis 39:11-18 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

11. Then it happened, on a certain day, that Joseph entered the house, and he was doing something, without any witnesses.

12. And she, grasping the hem of his garment, said, "Sleep with me." But he, leaving behind the cloak in her hand, fled and went outside.

13. And when the woman saw the garment in her hands and herself being treated with disrespect,

14. she called to herself the men of her house, and she said to them: "Lo, he has brought in a Hebrew man to abuse us. He entered toward me, in order to join with me; and when I had shouted out,

15. and he had heard my voice, he left behind the cloak that I held, and he fled outside."

16. As a proof, therefore, of her fidelity, she retained the cloak, and she showed it to her husband, when he returned home.

17. And she said: "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought in to me, approached me to abuse me.

18. And when he had heard me cry out, he left behind the cloak that I held, and he fled outside."