Genesis 39:12 (WEB)
She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
Fathers and councils · 11
John Chrysostom
“Since Adam too was “naked”in paradise, “and was not ashamed;” and Isaiah was “naked, and barefoot,” and more glorious than all the Jews;and Josephalso, when he stripped himself, did then more than ever shine forth.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12.
Read the whole comment“Let us not then delight in useless argument, nor devise unprofitable apologies: there being but one apology, to flee from the Babylonian furnace, to keep far from the Egyptian harlot, though one must escape her hands naked.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12.
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Jerome
“Accordingly, when the Egyptian woman desired to touch Joseph he flung away his cloak and fled from her hands.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“Yet to escape the Egyptian woman Joseph had to leave his garment with her.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12.
Read the whole comment“Was there ever a young man whose garment his Egyptian mistress did not seize?” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12.
Read the whole comment“When once you have put your hand to the plough you must not look back; when once you stand on the housetop you must think no more of your clothes within; to escape your Egyptian mistress you must abandon the cloak that belongs to this world.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12.
Read the whole comment“Rather, if you can, imitate Joseph and leave your garment in the hand of your Egyptian mistress, that naked you may follow your Lord and Saviour.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Holy Joseph experienced the hatred of his brethren, the guile of those who envied him, the service of slavery, the mastership of merchantmen, the wantonness of his mistress, the ignorance of her husband, and the misery of prison.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12 ff.
Read the whole comment“Whose modesty was such, that, when seized by a woman, he preferred to leave his garment in her hands in flight, rather than to lay aside his modesty.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12.
Read the whole comment“Thus Joseph fled and left his garment, that he might hear nothing inconsistent with his modesty.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 12.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Joseph therefore was tempted with the allurement of debauchery, but he was not brought into temptation.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxix. 7–12.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.17.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.17.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.17.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.17.