Genesis 39:16

16 She put Joseph's garment beside 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 the household servants. "Look," she said to them, "my husband brought a Hebrew man to us to make fun of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.

15 When he heard me screaming for help, he left his garment with me and ran outside."

16 She put Joseph's garment beside her until his master came home.

17 Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to me to make fun of me,

18 but when I screamed for help, he left his garment with me and ran outside."