Genesis 39:17

17 Then she told him the same story: "That Hebrew slave that you brought here came into my room and insulted me.

Genesis 39:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 39:17

And she spake unto him according to these words
When her husband came home she related to him the above affair, according to the purport of the above words, and in much the same manner, and to the same import as she had to the men of her house: saying, the Hebrew servant which thou hast brought unto us came in
unto me to mock me;
in an obscene manner, using filthy words and actions, contrary to the rules of chastity as well as good manners; or, in other words, to lie with her, which she pretended he solicited.

Genesis 39:17 In-Context

15 When he heard me scream, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me."
16 She kept his robe with her until Joseph's master came home.
17 Then she told him the same story: "That Hebrew slave that you brought here came into my room and insulted me.
18 But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me."
19 Joseph's master was furious
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.