1 How often did the Egyptian woman threaten me with death! How often did she give me over to punishment, then call me back and threaten me, and when I was unwilling to be with her, she said to me: ‘You will be lord over me, and all that is in my house, if you will give yourself to me, and you will be like our master.’ 2 But I remembered the words of my father,⁠a and going into my room, I wept and prayed to the Lord. 3 And I fasted in those seven years, and I seemed to the Egyptians like someone living in luxury, for those who fast for God’s sake gain a beautiful appearance. 4 And if my master was away from home, I drank no wine; nor did I eat for three days, but gave my food to the poor and the sick. 5 And I rose early to seek the Lord, and I wept for the Egyptian woman of Memphis, for she troubled me without cease, and also came to me at night under the pretense of visiting me. 6 And because she had no son, she pretended to treat me as her son, and so I prayed to the Lord, and she bore a male child. 7 And for a time she embraced me as a son, and I was unaware; but later she tried to lead me into sexual immorality. 8 When I realized this, I grieved almost to death; and when she had gone out, I regained myself and mourned for her many days, because I recognized her cunning and deceit. 9 And I spoke to her the words of the Most High, hoping that perhaps she would turn from her evil desire.