And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
Ver. 19. His wrath was kindled.] Heb., Exarsit nasus eius. Good cause he had, if all had been true that his wife told him. Pro 6:34-35 It is well known how the rape of Lucrece was punished upon the Tarquins. Valentinian, the Emperor, defiled the wife of his subject Maximus. Maximus afterwards slew Valentinian, succeeded him in the empire, ravished his wife, and forced her to marry him. She, to be revenged, sent for Gensericus, who seized upon all Italy, &c. a But Potiphar was too light of belief; and should have examined the matter ere he had condemned the man. Credulity is a note of folly. Pro 14:15
a Eudoxiam Valentiniani uxorem vi compressam, turpibus nuptiis sibi copulat.