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Genesis 39

Gen. 39:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And she caught
taphas (Hebrew #8610)
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
KJV usage: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, X surely, surprise, take.
Pronounce: taw-fas'
Origin: a primitive root
himi by his garment
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Lie
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
with me: and he left
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
his garment
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
in her hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
, and fled
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
l, and got
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
him out
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
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Prov. 7:13• 13And she caught him and kissed him;{HR}With an impudent face she said to him, (Prov. 7:13)
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Eccl. 7:26• 26And I find a thing more bitter than death,{HR}Even the woman whose heart [is] snares and nets,{HR}Whose hands [are] bands:{HR}Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;{HR}But the sinner shall be taken by her. (Eccl. 7:26)

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Gen. 39:8,10• 8But he refused and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master takes cognizance of nothing with me: what is in the house, and all that he hath, he hath given to my hand.
 10And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, and he hearkened not to her, {i}to lie with her and to be with her,{/i} (Gen. 39:8,10)
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Prov. 7:13‑27• 13And she caught him and kissed him;{HR}With an impudent face she said to him,
 14I have peace-offerings;{HR}This day have I paid my vows.
 15Therefore came I forth to meet thee,{HR}Diligently to seek thy face;{HR}And I have found thee.
 16My bed I have decked with tapestry coverings,{HR}With variegated cloths of yarn from Egypt.
 17I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
 18Come, let us revel in love until the morning;{HR}Let us delight ourselves with loves.
 19For the husband [is] not at home{HR}And he is gone a long journey;
 20He hath taken the money-bag with him;{HR}He will come home at the day of full moon.
 21With her much fair speech she beguiled him;{HR}With the flattery of her lips she constrained him.
 22He goeth after suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,{HR}And as in fetters to his correction the fool;
 23Till an arrow strike through his liver,{HR}As a bird hasteth to the snare,{HR}And knoweth not that [it is] for its life.
 24And now, sons, hearken to me,{HR}And attend to the words of my mouth.
 25Let not thy heart decline to her ways;{HR}Go not astray in her paths:
 26For she hath cast down many wounded;{HR}And all slain by her are strong.
 27Her house [is] the way to Sheol,{HR}Going down to the chambers of death. (Prov. 7:13‑27)
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Eccl. 7:26• 26And I find a thing more bitter than death,{HR}Even the woman whose heart [is] snares and nets,{HR}Whose hands [are] bands:{HR}Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;{HR}But the sinner shall be taken by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
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Ezek. 16:30‑31• 30How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord, Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
 31in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; (Ezek. 16:30‑31)
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1 Sam. 15:27• 27And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. (1 Sam. 15:27)
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Prov. 1:15• 15My son, walk not in the way with them,{HR}Keep back thy foot from their path. (Prov. 1:15)
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Prov. 5:8• 8Remove thy way far from her,{HR}And come not nigh the door of her house; (Prov. 5:8)
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Prov. 6:5• 5Deliver thyself from the [hunter's] hand,{HR}And as a bird from the fowler's hand. (Prov. 6:5)
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Eccl. 7:26• 26And I find a thing more bitter than death,{HR}Even the woman whose heart [is] snares and nets,{HR}Whose hands [are] bands:{HR}Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;{HR}But the sinner shall be taken by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
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Mark 14:51‑52• 51And a certain young man followed him, with a linen cloth cast about his naked body: and [the young men] seize him;
 52but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. (Mark 14:51‑52)
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1 Cor. 15:33• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)
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2 Tim. 2:22• 22But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (2 Tim. 2:22)
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1 Peter 2:11• 11Beloved, I exhort [you] as strangers and sojourners to abstain from the fleshly lusts such as war against the soul, (1 Peter 2:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran out.

W. Kelly Translation

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And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and ran outside.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)