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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART X - III
"I, Joseph, have now been in the King's prison, where my master Potiphar put me, for some time already... I still do not understand why the Lord has allowed me to come here... However, I know that He is with me even here in prison... The warden, who is in charge of the prison, is aware of that as well...He has given me full responsibility over all what happens here... Some time ago I was given the responsibility over two new prisoners... One told me he had been the chief cupbearer of Pharaoh... The other told me he had been the chief baker of Pharaoh... Apparently Pharaoh had gotten angry with them and had sent them to prison... That reminds me of my own situation when my master Potiphar had become angry with me... And in his anger had sent me to prison... I wonder if these men deserve to be here...I know I do not deserve to be here... Because I hav not done anything wrong.... This morning when I went to see the cupbearer and the baker they booth looked very depressed.... I asked them why they looked so sad...They then told me they both had a dream last night... But they do not know anyone who can help them understand their dream.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that two of Joseph's prisoners had a dream....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART X - III
One day Joseph, while in prison, gets to know two prisoners as you can read in Genesis 40:1-8a
Sometime later, the cupbearer and the baker of the King of Egypt offended their master, the King of Egypt. Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined. The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. After they had been in custody for some time, each of the two men - the cupbearer and the baker of the King of Egypt, who were being held in prison - had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own. When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw they were dejected. So he asked Pharoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?" "We both had dreams," they answered, "But there is no-one to interpret them."
Some time after his arrival in prison Joseph, who has been put in charge of the prisoners, receives two new prisoners. He learns from them that both of them had important positions at Pharaoh's Court but are now in prison because of Pharaoh's displeasure towards them. He builds a good relationship with these two men and one morning notices that both of them are looking very unhappy so he inquires why that is so. He then learns that both of them had a dream the night before but they do not know anyone who can help them understand their dream.
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