Joseph Fares Well In Prison So Joseph’s master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined; so he was there in the prison.
But the LORD was with Joseph and extended lovingkindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the warden. Gen 39:20-21
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAME10NT
II. GOD AND THE CHOSEN FAMILY, Genesis 12-50
3. The History of Jacob’s Sons, Joseph and His Brothers
(2) Joseph’s Servitude in Egypt, Genesis 39-41
70. How did his imprisonment result in good?
Genesis 39:19-23 to Genesis 40:1-8
JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR’S WIFE
And when Joseph’s master heard the words of his wife, saying, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger burned.
So Joseph’s master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined; so he was there in the prison.
But the LORD was with Joseph and extended lovingkindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the warden.
The warden committed to Joseph’s care (management) all the prisoners who were in the prison; so that whatever was done there, he was in charge of it.
The warden paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s care because the LORD was with him; whatever Joseph did, the LORD made to prosper.
Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams
Now some time later, the cupbearer (butler) and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, Egypt’s king.
Pharaoh (Sesostris II) was extremely angry with his two officials, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.
He put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.
The captain of the guard put Joseph in charge of them, and he served them; and they continued to be in custody for some time.
Then the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both dreamed a dream in the same night, each man with his [own significant] dream and each dream with its [personal] interpretation.
When Joseph came to them in the morning and looked at them, [he saw that] they were sad and depressed.
So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in confinement with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so down-hearted today?”
And they said to him, “We have [each] dreamed [distinct] dreams and there is no one to interpret them.” So Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell me [your dreams].”
F.B.Meyer
On
Genesis 39:19-23 to Genesis 40:1-8
JOSEPH FARES WELL IN PRISON
These two men remind us of the two thieves crucified beside our Lord; to the one He was a savor of life, to the other of death. Jeremy Taylor says that he must be in love with peevishness who chooses to sit down on his little handful of thorns, when there are so many causes that call for him. Wherever in the world we are, there is a fellowship of sad and lonely hearts for us to cultivate. Like Joseph, let us set about helping others, and so find solace and help for ourselves. We must move in and out among our fellows with “a glorious morning face.” Keep your sorrows for your Lord and yourself, but learn from your own experiences how to comfort those who are in any sorrow by the comfort with which you yourself have been comforted of God. How quick Joseph was to detect the added anxiety on the two faces! It was because he had known similar alternations of experience. See 2Co_1:4.
Comments by
WILLIAM MACDONALD
Believers Bible Commentary
On
Genesis 39:19-23 to Genesis 40:1-8
II. THE PATRIARCHS OF ISRAEL (Chaps. 12-50)
D. Joseph (37:1–50:26)
3. Joseph’s Test and Triumph (Chap. 39)
39:20-23 Without proper investigation, Joseph’s master ordered him to prison; but even there Joseph was blessed by the Lord and was given a position of responsibility. The fact that Joseph was not executed may indicate that Potiphar did not entirely believe his wife; he couldn’t help knowing her true character. The truth of Rom_8:28 is wonderfully displayed in this chapter. God was working behind the scenes for Joseph. The latter resisted temptation and sought to avoid occasions for sin (vv. 8-10). Despite this, his would-be seducer framed him. And so for a second time Joseph found himself in chains (Psa_105:17-19). Under the circumstances he should have been upset. But he was not “under the circumstances”; he was above them and saw God’s hand in them. His time in prison was “training time for reigning time.” So things that were meant by others for evil turned out to be for good.
4. Joseph Interpreting the Butler’s and Baker’s Dreams (Chap. 40)
40:1-19 Among Joseph’s fellow-prisoners were the butler (cupbearer) and the baker of the king of Egypt (vv. 1-4). When they each had a dream, Joseph offered to interpret them (vv. 5-8). The butler’s dream of the vine meant that Pharaoh would lift up his head to a position of favor in three days (vv. 9-15). But the baker’s dream of the three white cake baskets indicated that within three days Pharaoh would lift off his head—by hanging him (vv. 16-19).
Notice that Joseph did not wait for his circumstances to change. He glorified God and served others in the circumstances.
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