Genesis 39:16
in Genesis 39So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
KJV
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
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This verse in Genesis 39
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
kept Joseph's cloak beside her
on Genesis 39:16-18
She keeps the cloak beside her until Potiphar comes home. Told the second time the story shifts, and the man becomes the Hebrew slave you brought us, so part of the blame lands on the master. Gill asks the question the account leaves standing, why a man running from an assault would strip off his cloak and leave it.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתַּנַּ֥ח | vatanach | and she placed | H5117 → | 142 times |
| בִּגְד֖וֹ | bigdo | clothing his | H899 → | 217 times |
| אֶצְלָ֑הּ | ʾetzlah | beside her | H681 → | 61 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בּ֥וֹא | bo' | came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֖יו | ʾadonav | master<s> his | H113 → | 333 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ | beito | house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וַתַּנַּ֥חand she placed
vatanachH5117 →142 times
בִּגְד֖וֹclothing his
bigdoH899 →217 times
אֶצְלָ֑הּbeside her
ʾetzlahH681 →61 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בּ֥וֹאcame
bo'H935 →2568 times
אֲדֹנָ֖יוmaster<s> his
ʾadonavH113 →333 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּיתֽוֹ׃house his
beitoH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:1–3
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- Colossians 1:21
Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
- Romans 6:17
But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
- Colossians 3:7
When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…
- Ephesians 2:1–3
Through
Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- Romans 16:19
Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
- Jeremiah 5:21
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.