Genesis 39:17
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Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.
Read Genesis 39:17 Using Other Translations
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
and she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me.
Then she told him her story. “That Hebrew slave you’ve brought into our house tried to come in and fool around with me,” she said.
What does Genesis 39:17 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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.
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