8. But he said no. "My master has put me in charge," he told her. "Now he doesn't have to worry about anything in the house. He trusts me to take care of everything he owns.
9. "No one in this house is in a higher position than I am. My master hasn't held anything back from me, except you. You are his wife. So how could I do an evil thing like that? How could I sin against God?"
10. She spoke to Joseph day after day. But he told her he wouldn't make love to her. He didn't even want to be with her.
11. One day Joseph went into the house to take care of his duties. None of the family servants was inside.
12. Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of him by his coat. "Make love to me!" she said. But he left his coat in her hand. And he ran out of the house.
13. She saw that he had left his coat in her hand and had run out of the house.
14. So she called her servants. "Look," she said to them, "this Hebrew slave has been brought here to make fun of us! He came in here to force me to have sex with him. But I screamed for help.
15. He heard my scream. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house."
16. She kept Joseph's coat with her until Potiphar came home.
17. Then she told him her story. She said, "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to rape me.
18. But I screamed for help. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house."