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Genesis 39:17
Genesis 39:17 is verse 17 of Genesis chapter 39, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
King 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:
World English Bible
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,
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Genesis 39:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
17 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 39:14she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
1 Kings 18:17When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
1 Kings 21:9In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
1 Kings 21:11So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
1 Kings 21:12They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
Psalms 55:3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Psalms 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
Psalms 120:4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
Matthew 26:65At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.