Genesis 39:16

16 She kept his coat until her husband 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 to the servants in her house and said, "Look! This Hebrew slave was brought here to shame us. He came in and tried to have sexual relations with me, but I screamed.

15 My scream scared him and he ran away, but he left his coat with me."

16 She kept his coat until her husband came home,

17 and she told him the same story. She said, "This Hebrew slave you brought here came in to shame me!

18 When he came near me, I screamed. He ran away, but he left his coat."