Dreams of Life and Death
While Joseph was in prison in Egypt allegedly for sexual assault against the wife of his master, two high officials of the Pharaoh's household, his wine steward and his chief baker, got into serious trouble with the Pharaoh of Egypt and he had them put into the same prison where Joseph was confined. The captain of the guard put Joseph in charge of these two new prisoners, who were locked up in the prison with long sentences. One night both the wine steward and the baker had dreams that troubled them. When Joseph saw them in the morning, he noticed that they were troubled, so he asked them, "Why are you so upset today?" They replied, "We have had dreams and no one can tell us what they mean." Joseph said to them, "Dreams come from the gods and so does their interpretation. Please tell me your dreams. I will see if I can tell what they mean." First the wine steward told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream there was a vine...