Genesis 39:18

18 But when I yelled out, he left his robe with me and fled outside."

Genesis 39:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 39:18

And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried
For help from the servants, and frightened at his insolent attempt: that he left his garment with me, and fled out;
and then she brought it forth, and showed him it.

Genesis 39:18 In-Context

16 She put the robe aside until his master came home.

17 Then she said to him, "This Hebrew slave you brought us came in to make a fool of me.

18 But when I yelled out, he left his robe with me and fled outside."

19 When his master heard what his wife said as she showed him, "Here's what your slave did to me," he became furious.

20 Yosef's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept; and there he was in the prison.