7 N hierdie dinge het die vrou van sy heer haar oë na Josef opgeslaan en gesê: Kom hou gemeenskap met my.

8 Maar hy het geweier en aan die vrou van sy heer gesê: Kyk, deur my is dit dat my heer geen kennis neem van wat in die huis is nie; en alles wat syne is, het hy aan my oorgegee.

9 Hy is in hierdie huis nie groter as ek nie en het my niks onthou nie behalwe u, omdat u sy vrou is; hoe kan ek dan hierdie groot kwaad doen en sondig teen God?

10 En nadat sy met Josef dag n dag gespreek het, en hy na haar nie wou luister om by haar te lê om met haar gemeenskap te hou nie,

11 kom hy eendag in die huis om sy werk te doen terwyl niemand van die huisgenote binne was nie.

12 Toe gryp sy hom aan sy kleed en sê: Kom hou gemeenskap met my. Maar hy het sy kleed in haar hand laat agterbly en gevlug en na buite geloop.

7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand: 9 he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 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. 12 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.