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Genesis 39:16

Genesis 39:16
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 39:1-23

- Joseph in Potiphar’s House According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 39:13-18

Joseph's mistress, having tried in vain to make him a criminal, now endeavours to represent him as one; so to be revenged on him for his virtue. Now was her love turned into the utmost rage and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

laid up i.e. laid on one side, and kept ready to be produced as evidence.

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