Discovery BoxGenesis 39:12 
Context39:12 She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, “Have sex with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran 1 outside. 2
Genesis 25:25
Context25:25 The first came out reddish 3 all over, 4 like a hairy 5 garment, so they named him Esau. 6
Genesis 39:16
Context39:16 So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.
Genesis 39:18
Context39:18 but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside.”
1 tn Heb “he fled and he went out.” The construction emphasizes the point that Joseph got out of there quickly.
2 sn For discussion of this episode, see A. M. Honeyman, “The Occasion of Joseph’s Temptation,” VT 2 (1952): 85-87.
3 sn Reddish. The Hebrew word translated “reddish” is אַדְמוֹנִי (’admoni), which forms a wordplay on the Edomites, Esau’s descendants. The writer sees in Esau’s appearance at birth a sign of what was to come. After all, the reader has already been made aware of the “nations” that were being born.
4 tn Heb “all of him.”
5 sn Hairy. Here is another wordplay involving the descendants of Esau. The Hebrew word translated “hairy” is שֵׂעָר (se’ar); the Edomites will later live in Mount Seir, perhaps named for its wooded nature.
6 tn Heb “And they called his name Esau.” The name “Esau” (עֵשָׂו, ’esav) is not etymologically related to שֵׂעָר (se’ar), but it draws on some of the sounds.
