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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 39:16

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And she laid up his garment by her, etc.] 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.
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