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Genesis 39:11
Genesis 39:11 is verse 11 of Genesis chapter 39, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
King James Version
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
World English Bible
About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.
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Genesis 39:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 24:15The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Ephesians 5:3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
Ephesians 5:12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.