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Genesis 39:17

Sin

15 When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

16 So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

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

18 but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
KJV
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:
WEB
She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,
ASV
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:
DARBY
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;
BLB
And she spoke to him with these words, saying, “The Hebrew, the servant whom you brought to us, came to me to mock me.
ÅB
Da talte hun likedan til ham og sa: Den hebraiske slaven som du har ført hit til oss, kom inn til meg for å føre skam over meg;
OTB
Da fortalte hun ham om hendelsen og sa: «Den hebraiske slaven du brakte til oss kom til meg for å spotte meg.
B1930
Da talte hun likedan til ham og sa: Den hebraiske træl som du har ført hit til oss, kom inn til mig for å føre skam over mig;

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