indignation, "Not enough that thou wouldst make an adulterer
of me, thou wouldst have me be a murderer, besides?"
And he spoke furthermore, saying, "I fear the Lord my
God!"

Zuleika: "Nonsense! He is not here to see thee!

Joseph: "Great is the Lord and highly to be praised, and
His greatness is unsearchable."

Thereupon she took Joseph into her chamber, where an
idol hung above the bed. This she covered, that it might not
be a witness of what she was about to do. Joseph said:
"Though thou coverest up the eyes of the idol, remember,
the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the whole earth.

 
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