Genesis 39:19

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger.

Genesis 39:19 in Other Translations

19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, "This is the way your servant treated me," his anger was kindled.

19 Potiphar was furious when he heard his wife’s story about how Joseph had treated her.

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

19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

19 When Potiphar heard his wife's story, especially when she said, "This is what your slave did to me," he became very angry.

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him-"These are the things your slave did to me"-he was furious

19 Potiphar's wife told him, "That's how your slave treated me." When Joseph's master heard her story, he became very angry.

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 told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

18 But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger.

20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison,

21 the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 34:7; S Esther 1:12; Proverbs 6:34