Genesis 39:16-19

Genesis 39:16-19

And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

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.

a. She repeated the lie to her husband who was reasonably furious.

b. Chumash note, p.217. “By the standards of Egyptian society, Potiphar should have Joseph killed. That he did not was because of his affection for Joseph, because God protected Joseph, or because Potiphar knowing Joseph’s righteousness he doubted his wife’s story.”

c. Bible History, Alfred Edersheim. “We have reason to believe that Potiphar could not in every respect have credited the story of his wife. For the punishment awarded in Egypt to the crime of which she accused him was far more severe than that which Joseph received. Potiphar consigned him to the king’s prison, of which, in his capacity as chief of the body-guard, he was the superintendent.”