Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption.

And we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to

finish and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Hey, hey, this is Joanna Kimberl and I am your host through this foundational book of

the Bible, Genesis. And today we are covering chapters 40 through 42. We have learned so much

about God's character so far and today's chapters are no exception.

Last we saw Joseph, he ended up in prison based on false accusations from Potiphar's wife.

In chapter 40, Pharaoh's cut bearer and baker end up in prison and Joseph is in charge

of them. Now a cut bearer was someone who was tasked with tasting the king's wine to make

sure no one poisoned it. So he was very close to the king and also very well trusted.

And the cut bearer and the baker had dreams and God gave the ability to Joseph to interpret

those dreams. So he told the cut bearer that in three days, Pharaoh would restore him to

his position. And he asked the cut bearer to put in a good word to Pharaoh to get him out of

prison and get him back home. But then he told the baker that in three days, Pharaoh would hang

him. Now both of these dreams came true. But the cut bearer forgot Joseph and didn't mention him

to Pharaoh. And two whole years went by. Can you imagine? But God's timing is perfect.

There had some strange dreams about skinny cows eating fat cows and puny stocks of grain,

swallowing up plump stocks of grain. And Pharaoh tried to get magicians to interpret it but had

no luck. And then the cut bearer remembered Joseph two years after he got out of prison. So he

told Pharaoh how Joseph correctly interpreted their dreams and Pharaoh sent for Joseph. Okay,

imagine the whirlwind here. After two years of waiting, people rush in, pull you out of the pit,

quickly get you cleaned up and shave in to go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

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