Genesis 39:19

19 When his master heard his wife's story, telling him, "These are the things your slave did to me," he was furious.

Genesis 39:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 39:19

And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his
wife
The story she related concerning Joseph, which was her own invention, and a lie: which she spake unto him, saying, after this manner did thy servant to
me;
attempting to violate her chastity, as she pretended: that his wrath was kindled;
that is, against Joseph, without strictly examining her words, which they would not bear, her story being but ill put together, and without hearing Joseph's defence.

Genesis 39:19 In-Context

17 She told him the same story. She said, "The Hebrew slave, the one you brought to us, came after me and tried to use me for his plaything.
18 When I yelled and screamed, he left his coat with me and ran outside."
19 When his master heard his wife's story, telling him, "These are the things your slave did to me," he was furious.
20 Joseph's master took him and threw him into the jail where the king's prisoners were locked up. But there in jail
21 God was still with Joseph: He reached out in kindness to him; he put him on good terms with the head jailer.
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