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Genesis 39:19
Genesis 39:19 is verse 19 of Genesis chapter 39, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
King James Version
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
World English Bible
When his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, “This is what your servant did to me,” his wrath was kindled.
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Genesis 39:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
20 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
21 the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
Proverbs 18:17The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Acts 25:16I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
2 Thessalonians 2:11For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
Genesis 4:5but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 4:6“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 6:35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Song of Solomon 8:7Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.