Rashi
Jewish
1040–1105
“בא אלי —The sentence means: the Hebrew servant whom thou hast brought unto us came to me to have his sport with me.”
The interpretation timeline
Gen 39:17
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Gen 39:17 · Douay-Rheims
“And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought, came to me to abuse me.”
Scholastic
c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.