Genesis - 39:12



12 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.
And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand, fled, and went out.
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and went out.
and she catcheth him by his garment, saying, 'Lie with me;' and he leaveth his garment in her hand, and fleeth, and goeth without.
And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.
And she, grasping the hem of his garment, said, "Sleep with me." But he, leaving behind the cloak in her hand, fled and went outside.
Tunc apprehendit eum per vestimentum ejus, dicendo, Concumbe mecum. Ergo reliquit vestimentum suum in manu ejus, et fugit, egressusque est foras.

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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.

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.

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