Genesis 39:17
Good News Translation
Then she told him the same story: "That Hebrew slave that you brought here came into my room and insulted me.

New Revised Standard Version
and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to insult me;

Contemporary English Version
Then she said, "That Hebrew slave of yours tried to rape me!

New American Bible
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave whom you brought us came to me to amuse himself at my expense.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought, came to me to abuse me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought, came to me to abuse me.

Genesis 39:14 She called to her the men of her house, and said to them: See, he hath brought in a Hebrew, to abuse us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and when I cried out,

Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

1 Kings 18:17 And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?

1 Kings 21:9-13 And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people; . . .

Psalm 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.

Psalm 55:3 At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.

Psalm 120:2-4 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue. . . .

Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.

Proverbs 19:5,9 A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape. . . .

Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: He hath blasphemed: What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy.

Context
Joseph Falsely Imprisoned
16For a proof therefore of her fidelity, she kept the garment, and shewed it to her husband when he returned home: 17And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought, came to me to abuse me.18And when he heard me cry, he left the garment which I held, and fled out.…
Cross References
Genesis 39:16
For a proof therefore of her fidelity, she kept the garment, and shewed it to her husband when he returned home:

Genesis 39:18
And when he heard me cry, he left the garment which I held, and fled out.

Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

Proverbs 26:28
A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.

Genesis 39:16
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