Genesis 39:16
New International Version
She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.

New Living Translation
She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home.

English Standard Version
Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home,

Berean Standard Bible
So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

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

New King James Version
So she kept his garment with her until his master came home.

New American Standard Bible
So she left his garment beside her until his master came home.

NASB 1995
So she left his garment beside her until his master came home.

NASB 1977
So she left his garment beside her until his master came home.

Legacy Standard Bible
And she placed his garment beside her until his master came home.

Amplified Bible
So she left Joseph’s [outer] robe beside her until his master came home.

Christian Standard Bible
She put Joseph’s garment beside her until his master came home.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She put Joseph’s garment beside her until his master came home.

American Standard Version
And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And she laid aside his garment with her until his lord came into the house.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So she leaves the clothes by her, until the master came to his house.

Contemporary English Version
Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For a proof therefore of her fidelity, she kept the garment, and shewed it to her husband when he returned home:

English Revised Version
And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She kept Joseph's clothes with her until his master came home.

Good News Translation
She kept his robe with her until Joseph's master came home.

International Standard Version
She kept his outer garment by her side until Joseph's master came home,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

Literal Standard Version
And she places his garment near her, until the coming in of his lord to his house.

Majority Standard Bible
So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

New American Bible
She kept the cloak with her until his master came home.

NET Bible
So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.

New Revised Standard Version
Then she kept his garment by her until his master came home,

New Heart English Bible
So she left his garment beside her, until his master came home.

Webster's Bible Translation
And she laid up his garment by her until his lord came home.

World English Bible
She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

Young's Literal Translation
And she placeth his garment near her, until the coming in of his lord unto his house.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Joseph Falsely Imprisoned
15When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.” 16So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home. 17Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,…

Cross References
Genesis 39:15
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

Genesis 39:17
Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,


Treasury of Scripture

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

Psalm 37:12,32
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth…

Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 9:3-5
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD…

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Genesis 39
1. Joseph is bought by Potiphar, and preferred in the family.
7. He resists temptation by Potiphar's Wife.
13. He is falsely accused by her.
20. He is cast into prison.
21. God is with him there, and he is advanced by the keeper of prison.














Verses 16-18. - And she laid up his garment by her (literally, by her side), until his lord came home (literally, until the coming of his lord to his house). And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us (here she charges her husband with being indirectly at least the cause of the alleged affront which had been put upon her), came in unto me to mock me: - "she seemed too modest to speak in plain terms of Joseph's crime (Lawson) - and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me and fled out (i.e. went forth into the street, ut supra).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So [Potiphar’s wife] kept
וַתַּנַּ֥ח (wat·tan·naḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

Joseph’s garment
בִּגְד֖וֹ (biḡ·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

beside her
אֶצְלָ֑הּ (’eṣ·lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 681: A joining together, proximity

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

his master
אֲדֹנָ֖יו (’ă·ḏō·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

came
בּ֥וֹא (bō·w)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

home.
בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house


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