Genesis 39:17
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And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought, came to me to abuse me.

Genesis 39:14 She called to her the men of her house, and said to them: See, he hath brought in a Hebrew, to abuse us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and when I cried out,

Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

1 Kings 18:17 And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?

1 Kings 21:9-13 And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people; . . .

Psalm 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.

Psalm 55:3 At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.

Psalm 120:2-4 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue. . . .

Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.

Proverbs 19:5,9 A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape. . . .

Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: He hath blasphemed: What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy.

Context
Joseph Falsely Imprisoned
16For a proof therefore of her fidelity, she kept the garment, and shewed it to her husband when he returned home: 17And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought, came to me to abuse me.18And when he heard me cry, he left the garment which I held, and fled out.…
Cross References
Genesis 39:16
For a proof therefore of her fidelity, she kept the garment, and shewed it to her husband when he returned home:

Genesis 39:18
And when he heard me cry, he left the garment which I held, and fled out.

Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

Proverbs 26:28
A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.

Lexicon
Then she told
וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר (wat·tə·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

him the same
הָאֵ֖לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

story:
כַּדְּבָרִ֥ים (kad·də·ḇā·rîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

“The Hebrew
הָֽעִבְרִ֛י (hā·‘iḇ·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite

slave
הָעֶ֧בֶד (hā·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

you brought
בָּֽא־ (bā-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

us
אֵלַ֞י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

came
הֵבֵ֥אתָ (hê·ḇê·ṯā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to me
לָּ֖נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

to make sport
לְצַ֥חֶק (lə·ṣa·ḥeq)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6711: To laugh outright, to sport

of me,
בִּֽי׃ (bî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me:

And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou broughtest in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with thee.

And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew bondman that thou hast brought to us came in to me to mock me;

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 spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought to us, came in to me to mock me.

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,

And she speaketh unto him according to these words, saying, 'The Hebrew servant whom thou hast brought unto us, hath come in unto me to play with me;
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