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Genesis 39:14

That 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:

KJV

vocavit ad se homines domus suæ, et ait ad eos : En introduxit virum hebræum, ut illuderet nobis : ingressus est ad me, ut coiret mecum : cumque ego succlamassem,

Vulgate

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ὄντας ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς λέγουσα Ἴδετε, εἰσήγαγεν ἡμῖν παῖδα Ἐβραῖον ἐμπαίζειν ἡμῖν· εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς μὲ λέγων Κοιμήθητι μετ’ ἐμοῦ· καὶ ἐβόησα φωνῇ μεγάλῃ.

LXX

that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

ASV

וַ/תִּקְרָ֞א לְ/אַנְשֵׁ֣י בֵיתָ֗/הּ וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הֶם֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר רְא֗וּ הֵ֥בִיא לָ֛/נוּ אִ֥ישׁ עִבְרִ֖י לְ/צַ֣חֶק בָּ֑/נוּ בָּ֤א אֵלַ/י֙ לִ/שְׁכַּ֣ב עִמִּ֔/י וָ/אֶקְרָ֖א בְּ/ק֥וֹל גָּדֽוֹל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
עִבְרִ֔ים
'brym
noun · 34×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
צַחֵֽק
tschq
verb · 13×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Prov 6:26 — For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.