she called to the men] She went out and made a noise to those few that were in or about the house; see vers. 11. Where we see the difference betwixt meere lust, and true love; that oft times turnes to hate, whether unsatisfied, as here, or satisfied, as 2 Samuel 13:15. whereas true love is constant, and would not make a quarrell for such repulses of sinne, but would rather take them for occasion of thankes, as David did when he was kept by Abiail from his bloudy purpose against Nabal, 1 Sam. 25. to mock] That is, so to abuse one that others may mock, and contemne him; though ordinarily to mock, is to delude, disappoint ones expectation; so Baalam chargeth his asse with mocking him, Numbers 22:29. mock us] To make Joseph the more maligned, she intitles the offence in generall termes, as if it were a nationall wrong of an Hebrew against the Egyptians, who were forward enough to take offence under that title. See Genesis 43:32. he came—to lie with] The manner of the wicked is to charge that upon the innocent, whereof themselves are most guilty; the blasphemous Jewes charge Christ with blasphemie, Matthew 26:65. And the hereticall Church of Antichrist cals the most Orthodoxe Christians by the name of Heretiques; and many account the best Christians troublers of the State, as Ahab did, 1 Kings 18:17. when not they, but themselves are those that trouble it.