Genesis 39:16-18 - Exposition

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 ).