Genesis 39:19

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

21 But ADONAI was with Yosef, showing him grace and giving him favor in the sight of the prison warden.