she called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph was in his twenty-fourth. Her…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

That she called to the men of her house. Of that part of the house which belonged to her; her eunuchs that waited upon her, or that…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Joseph's mistress, having tried in vain to make him a guilty man, endeavoured to be avenged on him. Those who have broken the bonds of modesty will…