So, his brothers sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites, and they in return sold Joseph to Potiphar ... Pharaoh's right hand man.
But The Lord was with Joseph and made him a prosperous man ... while he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
Potiphar saw that The Lord was with Joseph and that everything that Joseph touched, turned into gold for him.
So Joseph found grace in his master's eyes ... and Potiphar made Joseph the overseer of his house, and all that he had put into his hand ... and The Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake. And the blessing of The Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
Potiphar trusted Joseph completely, because Joseph was a goodly person and well favoured.
But when Potiphar's wife saw the handsome Joseph, she immediately wanted him, and she tried her best to seduce him. When she grasped his robe, he tore loose from her grip and ran like hell.
She then called the guard and cried that Joseph was trying to rape her.
He was thrown into prison ... but God made everybody in the prison like him, even the keeper of the prison found grace in God's eyes.
While Joseph was in prison, the baker and the butler of the king of Egypt offended their king ... and Pharaoh's wrath was against his two head officers, the chief of the butlers, and the chief of the bakers.
So he threw them both in prison ... the same prison where Joseph was.
Potiphar saw that The Lord was with Joseph and that everything that Joseph touched, turned into gold for him.
So Joseph found grace in his master's eyes ... and Potiphar made Joseph the overseer of his house, and all that he had put into his hand ... and The Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake. And the blessing of The Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
Potiphar trusted Joseph completely, because Joseph was a goodly person and well favoured.
But when Potiphar's wife saw the handsome Joseph, she immediately wanted him, and she tried her best to seduce him. When she grasped his robe, he tore loose from her grip and ran like hell.
She then called the guard and cried that Joseph was trying to rape her.
He was thrown into prison ... but God made everybody in the prison like him, even the keeper of the prison found grace in God's eyes.
While Joseph was in prison, the baker and the butler of the king of Egypt offended their king ... and Pharaoh's wrath was against his two head officers, the chief of the butlers, and the chief of the bakers.
So he threw them both in prison ... the same prison where Joseph was.
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them ... and they continued a season in ward.
Then, one night they both dreamed a personal dream.
When they woke up the next morning, Joseph could see that they both were very sad, and he asked them what was going on.
They told him about their dreams, and that they couldn't understand what it meant, and that they were worried.
He then urged them to tell their dreams to him, because only The Lord could answer them to the meaning of the dreams.
The chief butler then told his dream to Joseph: 'In my dream, behold, a vine was before me. And in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes. And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, and pressed them in Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.'
And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: The three branched are three days. Yet, within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, restore thee unto thy place ... and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house ... for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.'
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph: 'I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head. And the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh ... and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.'
And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof ... The three baskets are three days. Yet, within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from thee.'
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
But he hanged the chief baker ... as Joseph interpreted to them.
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgave him.
Source: Genesis 40
Then, one night they both dreamed a personal dream.
When they woke up the next morning, Joseph could see that they both were very sad, and he asked them what was going on.
They told him about their dreams, and that they couldn't understand what it meant, and that they were worried.
He then urged them to tell their dreams to him, because only The Lord could answer them to the meaning of the dreams.
The chief butler then told his dream to Joseph: 'In my dream, behold, a vine was before me. And in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes. And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, and pressed them in Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.'
And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: The three branched are three days. Yet, within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, restore thee unto thy place ... and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house ... for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.'
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph: 'I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head. And the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh ... and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.'
And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof ... The three baskets are three days. Yet, within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from thee.'
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
But he hanged the chief baker ... as Joseph interpreted to them.
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgave him.
Source: Genesis 40
