She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
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She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
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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:
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And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me.
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to Genesis 39:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
- Genesis 39:14 she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
- Exodus 20:16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- 1 Kings 18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
- 1 Kings 21:9-13 She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.” The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them. They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
- Psalms 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.
- Psalms 55:3 because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
- Proverbs 12:19 Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
- Proverbs 19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
- Proverbs 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
- Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
- Psalms 120:2-4 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, after this manner.
Or, after this manner.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 39:17 And she spake unto him according to…
Gen 39:17 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:
Ver. 17. And she spake unto him, &c.] Here "the adulteress hunteth for the precious life." {Pro 6:26} Her lust, as Amnon’s, turneth into extreme hatred. This is just the custom of a courtezan: -
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“Aut te ardenter amat, aut te capitaliter odit.”
- Mantuan.
Heathens tell us the like of their Hippolytus; that when Phaedra, his stepmother, could not win him to her will this way, she accused him to his father Theseus, as if he had attempted her chastity: whereupon he was forced to flee his country. Likewise of Bellerophon, a young prince, with whoso beauty Sthenobaea, queen of Argives, being taken, solicited him to lie with her; which when he refused, she accused him to her husband, that he would have ravished her. {a} This he believing, sent him with letters to Iobates, king of Lycia, to make him away; Iobates put him upon many desperate services, to have despatched him. But finding him a valiant and victorious man, he afterwards bestowed his daughter on him, with part of his kingdom. Which when Sthenobaea heard of, she hanged herself for woe. {b} So perhaps did this housewife in the text, when she saw Joseph so highly advanced by Pharaoh. The death, howsoever, was too good for her.
{a} Ovid, Metam.
{b} Homer, Iliad, lib. vi.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain So she makes her husband accessory to the crime,…
So she makes her husband accessory to the crime, that she might provoke him to the sharper revenge.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she spake unto him according to these words,....…
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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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Thou hast, &c. As if her husband were guilty…
Thou hast, &c. As if her husband were guilty of an indiscretion. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).