Genesis 39:17

17 Then she told him her story. She said, "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to rape 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 He heard my scream. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house."

16 She kept Joseph's coat with her until Potiphar came home.

17 Then she told him her story. She said, "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to rape me.

18 But I screamed for help. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house."

19 Potiphar's wife told him, "That's how your slave treated me." When Joseph's master heard her story, he became very angry.