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Genesis 39:12

Genesis 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 39:1-23

- Joseph in Potiphar’s House According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 39:7-12

Here is, I. A most shameful instance of impudence and immodesty in Joseph's mistress, the shame and scandal of her sex, perfectly lost to all virtue and honour, and not to be mentioned, nor thought…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 39:8-20

The False Accusation

8. knoweth not, &c. Here, as in Gen 39:39, the marg., knoweth not with me what is, gives the meaning of the passage.