Bible verse

Genesis 39:11

One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

Genesis 39:11 · BSB

Genesis 39:11 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 39.

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,

14 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

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Genesis 39:11 in other translations

KJV

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.

ASV

And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

ERV

And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

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