She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
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She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
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And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
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that she caught him by his garment, saying: 'Lie with me.' And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
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Passages linked to Genesis 39:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Proverbs 7:13-27 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows. Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you. I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving. For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey. He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.” With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life. Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth. Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths, for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army. Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.
- Proverbs 5:8 Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
- Proverbs 6:5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
- 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- Genesis 39:8 But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.
- Genesis 39:10 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
- Mark 14:51-52 A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself over his naked body. The young men grabbed him, but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
- Proverbs 1:15 My son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,
- Ezekiel 16:30-31 “ ‘ “How weak is your heart,” says the Lord Yahweh, “since you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute; in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.
- 1 Samuel 15:27 As Samuel turned around to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 39:12 And she caught him by his garment,…
Gen 39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Ver. 12. And she caught him by his garment.] By wanton touches and dalliance, mental adultery is oft committed. He that "toucheth his neighbour’s wife, shall not be innocent," saith Solomon. {Pro 6:29} This is the offensive "right hand," that must be "cut off." {Mat 5:30} The harlot "caught the silly simple, and kissed him; and with an impudent face said unto him; - "{ Pro 7:13} "till a dart struck through his liver": {Pro 7:23} cogit amare iecur.
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And he left his garment in her hand.] This second time is Joseph stript of his garment; before, in the violence of envy, now of lust; before, of necessity, now of choice; before, to deceive his father, now his master. Infamy and other misery he was sure to suffer, but that must not drive from duty. {2Co 6:8} The Church "comes from the wilderness," that is, through troubles and afflictions, "leaning on her beloved"; {Son 8:5} choosing rather to suffer than to sin. The good heart goes in a right line to God, and will not fetch a compass, but strikes through all troubles and hazards to get to him. It will not break the hedge of ally commandment, to avoid any piece of foul way. The primitive Christians chose rather to be thrown to lions without, than left to lusts within: Ad leonem mayis quam lenonem, saith Tertullian. I had rather go to hell pure from sin, saith Anselm, than to heaven polluted with that filth. {a} I will rather leap into a bonfire, saith another of the fathers, than wilfully commit wickedness against God. {b} Of the mouse of Armenia they write, that she will rather die than be defiled with any filth. Insomuch as if her hole be besmeared with dirt, she will rather choose to be taken than to be polluted. Such are, or ought to be, the servants of God; "unspotted of the world," {Jas 1:27} "undefiled in the way." {Psa 119:1}
{a} Mallem purus a peccato et innocens gehennam intrare, &c.
{b} Potius in ardentem rogum insiluero quam ullum peccatum in Deum commisero. - Pintus, in Dan.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He left his garment in her hand, which he…
He left his garment in her hand, which he would not strive to get from her, partly, for reverence to his mistress; partly, in detestation of her wickedness, whereby even his garment might seem to be infected; and partly, to put himself and her out of the danger of further temptation.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she caught him by his garment, saying, lie…
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.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain When she laid hold on him, he left his…
When she laid hold on him, he left his garment in her hand - He would not stay to parley with the temptation, but flew out from it with the utmost abhorrence, he left his garment as one escaping for his life.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Out. He could easily have wrested it from her.…
Out. He could easily have wrested it from her. But he would not do any thing that might seem disrespectful, nor claim what her impure hands had touched. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).