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Genesis 39:10
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
Genesis 39:10 · Berean Standard Bible
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Genesis 39:10 in other translations
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he did not listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
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In context
7 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
8 But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
9 No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
10 Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
11 One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
12 She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
13 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
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