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# his master
"Joseph's master." This refers to Potiphar.
# She told him this explanation
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"She explained it like this"
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# brought to us
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The word "us" refers to Potiphar, his wife, and includes the rest of the household. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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# came in to mock me
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"came in to make a fool of me." Here, the word "mock" is a euphemism for "to seize and to sleep with." AT: "came into where I was and tried to force me to sleep with him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# It came about that
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"Then." Potiphar's wife uses this phrase to mark the next event in the account she is telling him about Joseph trying to sleep with her. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
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# fled outside
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"ran quickly out of the house"