Genesis 39:17
Then she tolde him according to these words, saying, The Ebrew seruat, which thou hast brought vnto vs, came in to me, to mocke me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
16So she layde vp his garment by her, vntill her lord came home.
18But assoone as I lift vp my voyce and cried, he left his garment with me, and fled out.
Cross References
Genesis 39:14She called vnto the men of her house, and tolde them, saying, Beholde, he hath brought in an Ebrewe vnto vs to mocke vs: who came in to me for to haue slept with me: but I cryed with a loude voyce.
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
1 Kings 21:9And shee wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaime a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people,
Psalms 55:3For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.
Proverbs 12:19The lip of trueth shall be stable for euer: but a lying tongue varieth incontinently.
Proverbs 19:9A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 39:14-19
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: 15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And she spake unto… Read the whole commentary →