17 Then she told him this story: "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.
17 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:
17 and she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me.
17 She told him the same story. She said, "The Hebrew slave, the one you brought to us, came after me and tried to use me for his plaything.
17 Then she spoke to him with words like these, saying, "The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me;
17 Then she told him her story. "That Hebrew slave you've brought into our house tried to come in and fool around with me," she said.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 39:17
Commentary on Genesis 39:13-18
(Read Genesis 39:13-18)
Joseph's mistress, having tried in vain to make him a guilty man, endeavoured to be avenged on him. Those that have broken the bonds of modesty, will never be held by the bonds of truth. It is no new thing for the best of men to be falsely accused of the worst of crimes, by those who themselves are the worst of criminals. It is well there is a day of discovery coming, in which all shall appear in their true characters.