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She caught himוַתִּתְפְּשֵׂהוּby his garment,בְּבִגְדוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Lieשִׁכְבָהwith me.”עִמִּיBut he leftוַיַּעֲזֹבhis garmentבִּגְדוֹin her handבְּיָדָהּand fledוַיָּנָסand wentוַיֵּצֵאoutside.הַחוּצָה
Genesis 39:12
Study it in the app“She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and went outside.”
Joseph refuses to betray his master's trust, and runs outsideTemptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 39:12, word by word
- She caught himתִּתְפְּשֵׂtitpse
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “titpse” appears- by his garmentבִגְדvigd
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “vigd” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Lieשִׁכְבָshichva
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “shichva” appears- But he leftיַּעֲזֹבyaazov
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazov” appears- in her handיָדָyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears- and fledיָּנָסyanas
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanas” appears- and wentיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- outsideחוּצָchutsa
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chutsa” appears
The context
11It happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was there in the house.
12 · This verse (above)
13When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,
To study Genesis 39 in a group
1. What it says
What happened to Joseph in Potiphar’s house, and why did he end up in prison (vv. 2-20)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that YHWH was with Joseph even in prison (vv. 21-23)?
3. How I live it
How can you keep your integrity when doing the right thing costs you?