Bible Strands
Genesis 39:15
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Potiphar’s wife addresses her household servants, recounting Joseph’s flight at the precise moment she cried out for help.
The words — וַיַּעֲזֹב (va/i.ya.'a.Zo) means “and he left,” paired with בִּגְדוֹ (big.D/o) meaning “his clothing,” marking the physical object she retains.
The thread — The narrative tracks a garment moving from a scene of resistance into a piece of manufactured proof (Genesis 39:16), a pattern of discarded cloth functioning as testimony that recurs in biblical legal and covenantal disputes.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that a single physical object can be weaponized to rewrite an event, requiring the reader to weigh the gap between witnessed action and reported claim.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.