Genesis 39:17

17 and she told him the same story. She said, "This Hebrew slave you brought here came in to shame 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 My scream scared him and he ran away, but he left his coat with me."

16 She kept his coat until her husband came home,

17 and she told him the same story. She said, "This Hebrew slave you brought here came in to shame me!

18 When he came near me, I screamed. He ran away, but he left his coat."

19 When Joseph's master heard what his wife said Joseph had done, he became very angry.