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- Genesis
- Chapter 39
- Verse 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:
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Gill's Exposition
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The False Accusation
8. knoweth not, &c. Here, as in Gen 39:39, the marg., knoweth not with me what is, gives the meaning of the passage.
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