Genesis 39:17 Then she told him this story: "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

◄ Genesis 39:17 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then she told him this story: "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

English Standard Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Then she spoke to him with these words, "The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make sport of me;

King James Bible
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,

International Standard Version
and then this is what she told him: "That Hebrew slave whom you brought to us came in here to rape me.

American Standard Version
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:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou best brought, came to me to abuse me.

Darby Bible Translation
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;

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

39:13-18 Joseph's mistress, having tried in vain to make him a guilty man, endeavoured to be avenged on him. Those that have broken the bonds of modesty, will never be held by the bonds of truth. It is no new thing for the best of men to be falsely accused of the worst of crimes, by those who themselves are the worst of criminals. It is well there is a day of discovery coming, in which all shall appear in their true characters.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

14. Then she called unto the men of her house—Disappointed and affronted, she vowed revenge and accused Joseph, first to the servants of the house, and on his return to her lord.

See, he hath brought in an Hebrew … to mock us—an affected and blind aspersion of her husband for keeping in his house an Hebrew, the very abomination of Egyptians.