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Genesis 39:12
And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand, fled, and went out.
Genesis 39:12 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 39:12 in other translations
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.
She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
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In context
9 Neither is there any thing which is not in my power, or that he hath not delivered to me, but thee, who art his wife; how then can I do this wicked thing, and sin against my God?
10 With such words as these day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery.
11 Now it happened on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house, and was doing some business, without any man with him:
12 And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand, fled, and went out.
13 And when the woman saw the garment in her hands, and herself disregarded,
14 She called to her the men of her house, and said to them: See, he hath brought in a Hebrew, to abuse us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and when I cried out,
15 And he heard my voice, he left the garment that I held, and got him out.
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