Joseph Resists Temptation

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In time, the day came when his master's wife took a look at Yosef and said, "Sleep with me!"

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But he refused, saying to his master's wife, "Look, because my master has me, he doesn't know what's going on in this house. He has put all his possessions in my charge.

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In this house I am his equal; he hasn't withheld anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"

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But she kept pressing him, day after day. Nevertheless, he didn't listen to her; he refused to sleep with her or even be with her.

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However, one day, when he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men living in the house was there indoors,

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she grabbed him by his robe and said, "Sleep with me!" But he fled, leaving his robe in her hand, and got himself outside.

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When she saw that he had left his robe in her hand and had escaped,

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she called the men of her house and said to them, "Look at this! My husband brought in a Hebrew to make fools of us. He came in and wanted to sleep with me, but I yelled out loudly.

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When he heard me yelling like that, he left his robe with me and ran out."

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She put the robe aside until his master came home.

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Then she said to him, "This Hebrew slave you brought us came in to make a fool of me.

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But when I yelled out, he left his robe with me and fled outside."

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