Genesis 39:17

17 and she told him the same thing: "The Hebrew slave whom you brought to us, to ridicule me, came to 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 raise my voice and scream, he left his garment with me and ran outside."
16 She kept his garment with her until Joseph's master came home,
17 and she told him the same thing: "The Hebrew slave whom you brought to us, to ridicule me, came to me;
18 but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment with me and ran outside."
19 When Joseph's master heard the thing that his wife told him, "This is what your servant did to me," he was incensed.
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