Genesis 39:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

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  • Gen 10:21 : 21 And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.
  • Gen 14:13 : 13 And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.
  • Gen 39:7 : 7 And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.
  • Gen 39:17 : 17 Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;
  • Gen 40:15 : 15 For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
  • Ps 55:3 : 3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.
  • Ezek 22:5 : 5 Those who are near and those who are far from you will make sport of you; your name is unclean, you are full of sounds of fear.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
  • Matt 26:59 : 59 Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;
  • Luke 23:2 : 2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
  • 2 Cor 6:8 : 8 By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true;
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.
  • 1 Pet 3:14-18 : 14 But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled; 15 But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride; 16 Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame. 17 Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing. 18 Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
  • 1 Pet 4:14-19 : 14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you. 15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business; 16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name. 17 For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God? 18 And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner? 19 For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.

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  • Gen 39:15-19
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    88%

    15 And hearing it he went running out without his coat.

    16 And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back.

    17 Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;

    18 And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.

    19 And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

  • Gen 39:7-13
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    7 And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

    8 But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

    9 So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

    10 And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

    11 Now one day he went into the house to do his work; and not one of the men of the house was inside.

    12 And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.

    13 And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,

  • 2 Sam 13:13-14
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    13 What will become of me in my shame? and as for you, you will be looked down on with disgust by all Israel. Now then, go and make your request to the king, for he will not keep me from you.

    14 But he would not give attention to what she said: but being stronger than she, he took her by force, and had connection with her.

  • Deut 22:14
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    14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

  • 2 Sam 13:17
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    17 Then he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.

  • Judg 19:22-23
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    22 While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.

    23 So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.

  • Gen 38:15-16
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    15 When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.

    16 And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

  • Judg 19:25-26
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    25 But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.

    26 Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light.

  • Gen 12:15
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    15 And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.

  • Gen 34:7
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    7 Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

  • Deut 22:27
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    27 For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.

  • Gen 40:15
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    15 For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.

  • Gen 38:19
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    19 Then she got up and went away and took off her veil and put on her widow's clothing.

  • Gen 34:2
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    2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.