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Genesis 39:17

Genesis 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:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 39:1-23

- Joseph in Potiphar’s House According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 39:13-18

Joseph's mistress, having tried in vain to make him a criminal, now endeavours to represent him as one; so to be revenged on him for his virtue. Now was her love turned into the utmost rage and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 39:8-20

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.