Holy Scripture

Genesis 39:14

A church father on this verse
“Indeed, Joseph went out of doors while she spread the news of the temptation that arose from her own adultery; she said in a loud voice that the Hebrew had fled and left his garment behind. Thus she revealed what she should have concealed, so as to do harm to an innocent man by inventing a crime. But the just man Jose…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — On Joseph the Patriarch

Source: Septuagint

Original

14that she called those that were in the house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to mock us—he came in to me, saying, Lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.

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In context

12And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth.

13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands, and fled, and gone forth,

— Genesis 39:14 —

15And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled, and went forth out.

16So she leaves the clothes by her, until the master came to his house.

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