Genesis 39:17

17 Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought here came in and tried to fool around with 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 As soon as he heard me scream, he ran outside and left his clothes with me."

16 She kept Joseph's clothes with her until his master came home.

17 Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought here came in and tried to fool around with me.

18 But when I screamed, he ran outside and left his clothes with me."

19 When Potiphar heard his wife's story, especially when she said, "This is what your slave did to me," he became very angry.