Genesis 39:12

39:12 She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, “Have sex with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran33 outside.34

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33	tn Heb “he fled and he went out.” The construction emphasizes the point that Joseph got out of there quickly.
34	sn For discussion of this episode, see A. M. Honeyman, “The Occasion of Joseph’s Temptation,” VT 2 (1952): 85–87.