62 Then, accordingly seizing an opportunity, she rushed unto me while her husband was yet without, and said unto me: I will hang myself, or cast myself over a cliff, if thou wilt not lie with me. (T12)
Testament of Joseph 1:62
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Testament of Joseph 1:43–45
43 And I gave myself yet more to fasting and prayer, that the Lord might deliver me from her. (T12) 44 And again, at another time she said unto me: If thou wilt not commit adultery, I will kill my husband by poison; and take thee to be my husband. (T12) 45 I therefore, when I heard… (T12)
Testament of Joseph 1:69–71
69 I declare, therefore, unto you, my children, that it was about the sixth hour when she departed from me; and I knelt before the Lord all day, and all the night; and about dawn I rose up, weeping the while and praying for a release from her. (T12) 70 At last, then, she… (T12) 71 … (T12)
Testament of Judah 2:24–26
24 Therefore being drunk with wine, I did not recognize her; and her beauty deceived me, through the fashion of her adorning. (T12) 25 And I turned aside to her, and said: Let me go in unto thee. (T12) 26 And she said: What wilt thou give me? And I gave her my staff, and my girdle,… (T12)
Testament of Joseph 1:39–41
39 And when she had prevailed nothing thereby, she came again to me under the plea of instruction, that she might learn the word of God. (T12) 40 And she said unto me: If thou willest that I should leave my idols, lie with me, and I will persuade my husband to depart from… (T12)
Genesis 39:6–8
6 So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, 7 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” 8 But he refus…
Testament of Joseph 1:79–81
79 And when I heard her groanings I held my peace. (T12) 80 For when I was in her house she was wont to bare her arms, and breasts, and legs, that I might lie with her; for she was very beautiful, splendidly adorned in order to beguile me. (T12) 81 And the Lord guarded me from her… (T12)
Testament of Reuben 1:37–39
37 For had I not seen Bilhah bathing in a covered place, I had not fallen into this great iniquity. (T12) 38 For my mind taking in the thought of the woman's nakedness, suffered me not to sleep until I had wrought the abominable thing. (T12) 39 For while Jacob our father had gone t… (T12)
2 Samuel 13:10–12
10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnon’s bedroom. 11 And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie wi…
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