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Genesis 39:8-11 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

8. And without consenting at all to the wicked act, he said to her: "Behold, my lord has delivered all things to me, and he does not know what he has in his own house.

9. Neither is there anything which is not in my power, or that he has not delivered to me, except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this evil act and sin against my God?"

10. With such words as these, throughout each day, the woman was pestering the young man, and he was refusing the adultery.

11. Then it happened, on a certain day, that Joseph entered the house, and he was doing something, without any witnesses.

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