Genesis 39:12-20 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

12. And she catching the skirt of his garment, said: Lie with me. But he leaving the garment in her hand, fled, and went out.

13. And when the woman saw the garment in her hands, and herself disregarded,

14. She called to her the men of her house, and said to them: See, he hath brought in a Hebrew, to abuse us: he came in to me, to lie with me: and when I cried out,

15. And he heard my voice, he left the garment that I held, and got him out.

16. For a proof therefore of her fidelity, she kept the garment, and shewed it to her husband when he returned home:

17. And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou best brought, came to me to abuse me.

18. And when he heard me cry, he left the garment which I held, and fled out.

19. His master hearing these things, and giving too much credit to his wife's words, was very angry.

20. And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.

Genesis 39