41 And he said to her: It is not the custom of the Egyptians to take that which belongeth to others before proof is given. (T12)
Testament of Joseph 2:41
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16 So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home. 17 Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me, 18 but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
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