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Daily Bible Reading Experience.
Day 96
When Joseph was taken to Egypt
by the Ishmaelite traders.
He was purchased by Potiphar,
an Egyptian officer.
Potiphar was captain of the Guard
for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded
in everything he did as he served
in the home of his Egyptian master.
Pot afar noticed this and realized
that the Lord was with Joseph, giving
him success in everything He did
this pleased pot afar, so he soon
made Joseph his personal attendant.
He put him in charge of his entire
household and everything he owned from
the day Joseph was put in charge of
his master's household and property.
The Lord began to bless Potiphar's
household for Joseph's sake.
All his household affairs ran smoothly
and his crops and livestock flourished.
So pot far gave Joseph
complete administrative
responsibility over everything.
He owned with Joseph there.
He didn't worry about a thing
except what kind of food to eat.
Joseph was a very handsome and
well-built young man, and Potiphar's
wife soon began to look at him,
lustfully, come and sleep with me.
She demanded.
But Joseph refused.
Look, he told her, my master trusts me
with everything in his entire household.
No one here has more authority than I do.
He has held back nothing from me
except you, because you are his wife.
How could I do such a wicked thing?
It would be a great sin against God.
She kept putting pressure on Joseph
Day after day, but he refused to
sleep with her and he kept out
of her way as much as possible.
One day, however, no one else was around.
When he went in to do his work, she came
and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding.
Come on, sleep with me.
Joseph tore himself away, but
he left his cloak in her hand
as he ran from the house.
When she saw that she was holding
his cloak and he had fled, she
called out to her servants.
Soon all the men came running.
Look, she said, my husband
has brought this Hebrew slave
here to make fools of us.
He came into my room to rape me, but
I screamed When he heard me scream,
he ran outside and got away, but
he left his cloak behind with me.
She kept the cloak with her
until her husband came home.
Then she told him her story, that Hebrew
slave you brought into our house, tried
to come in and fool around with me.
She said.
But when I screamed, he ran
outside, leaving his cloak with me.
Phar was furious when he heard his wife's
story about how Joseph had treated her.
So he took Joseph and threw
him into the prison where the
king's prisoners were held.
And there he remained, but the
Lord was with Joseph in the prison
and showed him his faithful love.
And the Lord made Joseph a
favorite with a prison warden.
Before long, the warden put Joseph in
charge of all the other prisoners and over
everything that happened in the prison.
The warden had no more worries because
Joseph took care of everything.
The Lord was with him and caused
everything he did to succeed.
Sometime later, Pharaoh's chief
cup bearer and chief Baker
offended their royal master.
Pharaoh became angry with these
two officials and he put them into
prison where Joseph was and the
palace of the captain of the guard.
They remained in prison for quite some
time, and the captain of the guard
assigned them to Joseph, who looked
after them the while they were in prison.
Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker
each had a dream one night, and
each dream had its own meaning.
When Joseph saw them the next morning,
he noticed that they both looked upset.
Why do you look so worried today?
He asked them and they replied,
we both had dreams last night, but
no one can tell us what they mean.
Interpreting dreams is God's business.
Joseph replied, go ahead
and tell me your dreams.
So the chief cup bearer
told Joseph his dream first.
In my dream, he said, I saw
a grapevine in front of me.
The vine had three branches that
began to bud and blossom and soon
it produced clusters of ripe grapes.
I was holding Pharaoh's wine cup in
my hand, so I took a cluster of grapes
and squeezed the juice into the cup.
Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.
This is what the dream means.
Joseph said The three
branches represent three days.
Within three days, Pharaoh will
lift you up and restore you to your
position as his chief cup bearer.
And please remember me and do me a
favor when things go well for you.
Mention me to Pharaoh, so he
might let me out of this place.
For, I was kidnapped from my homeland, the
land of the Hebrews, and now I'm here in
prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.
When the chief baker saw that
Joseph had given the first dream,
such a positive interpretation, he
said to Joseph, I had a dream too.
In my dream, there were three baskets
of white pastry stacked on my head.
The top basket contained all kinds of
pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came
and ate them from the basket on my head.
This is what the dream means.
Joseph told him the three baskets
also represent three days.
Three days from now, Pharaoh will lift
you up and impale your body on a pole.
Then birds will come and
peck away at your flesh.
Pharaoh's birthday came three days
later and he prepared a banquet
for all his officials and staff.
He summoned his chief cup bearer and
chief Baker to join the other officials.
He then restored the chief cup
bearer to his former position so
he could again hand Pharaoh as cup.
But Pharaoh impaled the chief
baker, just as Joseph had predicted
when he interpreted his dream.
Pharaoh's chief cup bearer.
However, forgot all about Joseph.
Never giving him another thought.
This concludes today's
Immer reading experience.
Thank you for joining us.