Genesis 39:14 (KJV)

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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

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an Hebrew. Ge 39:17 Ge 10:21 Ge 14:13 Ge 40:15 Ps 120:3 Eze 22:5

he came. Ge 39:7 Ps 35:11 Ps 55:3 Pr 10:18 Isa 51:7 Isa 54:17 Mt 5:11 Mt 26:59 Lu 23:2 2Co 6:8 1Pe 2:20 1Pe 3:14-18 1Pe 4:14-19

he hath.The base affection of this woman being disappointed, was changed into rancorous hatred, and she exults in the opportunity of being revenged on Joseph. She begins her accusation in the affected language of offended modesty, rage, and disdain, by charging her husband, whom we may reasonably assume she did not greatly love, with being an accessory to the indignity she pretended to have received: "He hath brought in a Hebrew," a very abomination to an Egyptian, "to mock us," insult and treat me in a base, unworthy manner. loud. Heb. great.

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