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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.
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