Genesis 39:16

16 She kept Joseph's clothes with her until his master came home.

Genesis 39:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 39:16

And she laid up his garment by her
As a proof of what she laid to his charge, and as a testimony against him: until her lord came home;
or until his lord came home, for the pronoun refers to Joseph, and so Jarchi interprets it; who either was gone a journey, or gone to court that day, being an officer of Pharaoh's, or to the public place where the festival was kept that day, if it was such an one.

Genesis 39:16 In-Context

14 she called her household servants and said to them, "Look! My husband brought this Hebrew here to fool around with us. He came in and tried to go to bed with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
15 As soon as he heard me scream, he ran outside and left his clothes with me."
16 She kept Joseph's clothes with her until his master came home.
17 Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought here came in and tried to fool around with me.
18 But when I screamed, he ran outside and left his clothes with me."
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