Verse 14
Genesis 39:14
Bible in Basic English
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She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תִּקְרָ֞א לְ/אַנְשֵׁ֣י בֵיתָ֗/הּ וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הֶם֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר רְא֗וּ הֵ֥בִיא לָ֛/נוּ אִ֥ישׁ עִבְרִ֖י לְ/צַ֣חֶק בָּ֑/נוּ בָּ֤א אֵלַ/י֙ לִ/שְׁכַּ֣ב עִמִּ֔/י וָ/אֶקְרָ֖א בְּ/ק֥וֹל גָּדֽוֹל
English Translation
And she called to the men of her house and said to them, "See, he brought us a Hebrew man to laugh at us; he came in to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice."
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Chapter 39 Context
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And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyp...
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And his master saw that the Lord was with him, making everything he did go well.
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And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave h...
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And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing o...
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And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food wh...
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And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.
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But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house...
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So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but yo...
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And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not gi...
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Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.
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And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running awa...
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And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,
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She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make spor...
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And hearing it he went running out without his coat.
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And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back.
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Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came...
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And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.
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And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.
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And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kep...
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But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.
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And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible fo...
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And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lor...
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