^{7 Ref} And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

^{8 Ref} But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

^{9 Ref} So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

^{10 Ref} And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

^{11 Ref} Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.

^{12 Ref} And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.

¹³ And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,

^{14 Ref} She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

¹⁵ And hearing it he went running out without his coat.

^{16 Ref} And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back.

^{17 Ref} Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;

¹⁸ And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.

^{19 Ref} And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

^{20 Ref} And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.