Holy Scripture

Genesis 39:19

A church father on this verse
“When she could not protect her own vices, she accused the innocent; she joined deceit to deceit, held on to the possessions of others, herself condemned others and set no limit to her fury. Whatever was the reason for her cruelty? Only that she saw that her cravings were meeting with resistance and her forbidden desir…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — On Joseph the Patriarch

Source: Septuagint

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19And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant to me, that he was very angry.

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In context

17And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou broughtest in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with thee.

18And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled and departed forth.

— Genesis 39:19 —

20And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king’s prisoners are kept, there in the prison.

21And the Lord was with Joseph, and poured down mercy upon him; and he gave him favor in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison.

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