Genesis 39:16

16 Then she put his garment beside her until his master came to his house.

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 to the men of her house and said to them, "Look! He brought a Hebrew man to us to mock us! He came to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.

15 And when he heard [me], that I raised my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled, and he went outside."

16 Then she put his garment beside her until his master came to his house.

17 Then she spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew slave that you brought to us came to me to make fun of me.

18 And it happened [that] as I raised my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."