14That 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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False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
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:
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-18)Joseph’s mistress, having tried in vain to make him a criminal, now endeavours to represent him as one; so to be revenged on him for his virtue. Now was her love turned into the utmost rage and malice, and she pretends she cannot endure the sight of him whom awhile ago she could not endure out of her sight. Chaste and holy love will continue, though slighted; but sinful love, like Amnon’s to Tamar…
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