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Genesis 39:17

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39:17This is what she said to him:41 “That Hebrew slave42 you brought to us tried to humiliate me,43

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Footnotes

  1. 41 Heb “and she spoke to him according to these words, saying.”
  2. 42 That Hebrew slave. Now, when speaking to her husband, Potiphar’s wife refers to Joseph as a Hebrew slave, a very demeaning description.
  3. 43 Heb “came to me to make fun of me.” The statement needs no explanation because of the connotations of “came to me” and “to make fun of me.” See the note on the expression “humiliate us” in v. .

In other versions

ESVEnglish 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,

NLTNew Living Translation

Then she told him her story. “That Hebrew slave you’ve brought into our house tried to come in and fool around with me,” she said.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then she spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew slave that you brought to us came to me to make fun of me.

KJV 1900King James Version

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: