Genesis 39:16

16 She kept Joseph's coat with her until Potiphar 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 So she called her servants. "Look," she said to them, "this Hebrew slave has been brought here to make fun of us! He came in here to force me to have sex with him. But I screamed for help.

15 He heard my scream. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house."

16 She kept Joseph's coat with her until Potiphar came home.

17 Then she told him her story. She said, "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to rape me.

18 But I screamed for help. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house."