Genesis 39:11–21

¹¹Now it happened on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house, and was doing some business, without any man with him:

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

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

¹⁴She 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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

²¹But the Lord was with Joseph, and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison: