Potiphars Wife
Egyptian originPotiphar's wife repeatedly urges Joseph to sleep with her in Genesis 39; when he refuses and flees, she keeps his tunic and falsely accuses him to her husband.
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- First mention
- Genesis 39:7
Scripture references
- Genesis 39:7
and it happened some time later that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, 'Sleep with me.'
- Genesis 39:10
Although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not agree to sleep with her or be with her.
- Genesis 39:12
she caught hold of him by his tunic and said, 'Sleep with me.' But he left the tunic in her hand, took to his heels and got out.
- Genesis 39:14
she called her servants and said to them, 'Look at this! My husband brought in a Hebrew to make a fool of me! He burst in on me, but I screamed,
- Genesis 39:17
Then she told him the same tale, 'The Hebrew slave you brought to us burst in on me to make a fool of me.