5. And the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian, because of Joseph, and he multiplied all his substance, as much in the buildings, as in the fields.
6. Neither did he know anything other than the bread that he ate. Now Joseph was beautiful in form, and stately in appearance.
7. And so, after many days, his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and she said, "Sleep with me."
8. And without consenting at all to the wicked act, he said to her: "Behold, my lord has delivered all things to me, and he does not know what he has in his own house.
9. Neither is there anything which is not in my power, or that he has not delivered to me, except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this evil act and sin against my God?"
10. With such words as these, throughout each day, the woman was pestering the young man, and he was refusing the adultery.
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.