March 4, 2025 • 19 mins
A captivating exploration of dreams, interpretation, and divine purpose unfolds as we follow Joseph's interactions with the cupbearer and baker. The discussion reveals how God's wisdom shines through adversity, offering profound insights into our own lives.
• Joseph interprets the troubling dreams of Pharaoh's officers
• The significant roles of the cupbearer and baker in the royal court
• Insights on faith, truth, and the sovereignty of God in life’s challenges
• Joseph's request to the cupbearer offers a poignant reflection on human desire for remembrance
Join our conversation and discover the powerful themes of dreams and destiny!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Grace and peace to you from God, our Father and our
Lord and Savior, jesus Christ.
Today we're in Genesis, chapter40, where Joseph is
interpreting two prisoners'dreams, starting in verse 1,.
Sometime after this, thecupbearer of the king of Egypt
and his baker committed anoffense against their lord.
(00:25):
The king of Egypt and his bakercommitted an offense against
their lord, the king of Egypt,and Pharaoh was angry with his
two officers, the chiefcupbearer and the chief baker,
and he put them in custody inthe house of the captain of the
guard in the prison where Josephwas confined.
The captain of the guardappointed Joseph to be with them
(00:48):
and he attended them, and theycontinued for some time in
custody.
In verse 1, it begins sayingsometime after this.
This is signaling thechronological order of events
and that the cupbearer and bakerwere thrown into prison after
(01:08):
Joseph.
We can somewhat reconstruct thetimeline from other references
in scripture, because Joseph is30 years old when the Pharaoh
will bring him into his servicelater in Genesis, chapter 41,
verse 46, and there was atwo-year gap that occurred
between Joseph interpretingthese dreams and being called
(01:33):
into the Pharaoh's service.
Therefore, at this time, josephwould be 28 years old.
Now we're told about two men,the cupbearer and the baker.
Now, both of these positionswere royal managerial positions.
They weren't simply workers.
So the cupbearer wasn't just acupbearer.
(01:56):
In verse 7 of this chapterwe're told that he's actually an
officer of the pharaoh.
Another English translation forcupbearer would be butler.
This position was the pharaoh'spersonal attendant, overseeing
all of the royal vineyards, thecellars and the wine that would
(02:17):
come to pharaoh.
He likely had hundreds ofpeople underneath him.
The other position was thechief baker, and this too, again
, is a royal managerial position, not simply a baker.
He would have oversaw everyoneand everything in the royal
kitchen.
It would have been hisresponsibility for the
(02:40):
preparation of food and meatsthat were set before the pharaoh
and were told that theycommitted an offense against the
king of Egypt.
The Hebrew phrase forcommitting an offense is also
translated in other areas to sinagainst, and this stands in
direct contrast to how Josephearlier refused to sin against
(03:05):
God.
Also, considering the positionsof the cupbearer and baker,
they were to provide Pharaohwith the best drink and the best
food, making sure that he wasnot poisoned.
So their offense, their sinagainst the Pharaoh, likely had
to do with that very thing.
(03:25):
Somehow a meal went wrong forthe Pharaoh.
The other interesting thing werecognize here is that the
Pharaoh is mentioned as the Kingof Egypt.
This title, the King of Egypt,helps to identify him as the
ruler over all of Egypt, and theuse of this title also
(03:48):
emphasizes the offense that thecup bearer and baker had against
this king.
John MacArthur identifies thispharaoh as Senusert II.
Also, as we're getting startedin this chapter for those of you
who love Bible knowledge, thenation of Egypt came from the
(04:11):
son of Ham.
Egypt was actually the grandsonof Noah.
Now we see that these twoofficers, the cup bearer and the
baker, were thrown into custodyin the house of the captain of
the guard.
Now we learned back in Genesis39.1 that Potiphar was the
(04:32):
captain of the guard.
Therefore, joseph's master, whohad previously bought him for
silver and exalted him to aplace of ruling over his home,
has now again put Joseph incharge underneath him.
This time, however, it's not inhis home, but in the prison
(04:54):
that was attached to his home.
Just for clarification, we'retold that this prison was in the
house of the captain of theguard, where Joseph was confined
.
Furthermore, in verse 7, thelocation of the prison is called
his master's house, referringto the master of Joseph.
(05:16):
And finally, in verse 15, andlater in Genesis, chapter 41,
verse 14, the prison is referredto as a dungeon.
Therefore, we can conclude thatthe prison is the basement or
an underground dungeon areaattached to Potiphar's home.
(05:37):
Verse 5,.
And one night they both dreamedthe cupbearer and the baker of
the king of Egypt who wereconfined in the prison.
Each his own dream and eachdream with its own
interpretation.
When Joseph came to them in themorning, he saw that they were
troubled.
So he asked Pharaoh's officers,who were with him in custody in
(06:02):
his master's house why are yourfaces downcast today?
They said to him we have haddreams and there's no one to
interpret them.
And Joseph said Do notinterpretations belong to God?
Please tell them to me.
(06:23):
Beginning in verse 5, we seethat both the cupbearer and the
baker had troubling dreams thatthey remembered when they woke
up.
Both of them had these dreamswhile they were in prison and
they had them the same night.
And it says each dream had itsown interpretation.
(06:44):
This notation is here for aspecific reason.
There are three sets of dreamsin the narrative of Joseph.
This notation is here for aspecific reason.
There are three sets of dreamsin the narrative of Joseph, and
in the first set and in the lastset of dreams in the narrative
of Joseph the dreams aredifferent but they carry the
same general meaning.
However, this second set ofdreams here that we see with the
(07:09):
cupbearer and the baker, welearn that the cupbearer and the
baker had different dreams andthey had different
interpretations.
An interesting notation oninterpreting dreams in ancient
Egypt, oniromancy, which is theoccultic practice or charlatan
(07:32):
science of interpreting dreams,was believed to tell the future
and it was very commonplace tohave a professional magician,
enchanter or sorcerer interpretyour dreams, especially in the
court of the pharaoh.
Interpret your dreams,especially in the court of the
(07:54):
pharaoh.
Both ancient Egypt and ancientBabylon had advanced the
charlatan science ofinterpreting dreams, along with
other occultic ideas, intofull-blown professions, and
people were paid to performthese occultic sciences such as
interpreting dreams.
Another reference to this isDaniel 2.2.
Now Moses tells us in the bookof Deuteronomy, chapter 13,
(08:21):
verses 1-5, that interpretingdreams is often a part of a
false religion and it's a way totake people away from faith in
the one true God.
However, as the story of Josephis teaching us today, if we
(08:41):
have a true fear of the Lord,god, the creator of heaven and
earth, and a desire to followhim.
He can and he will use whateverour.
Now, in verse 7, we're againreaffirmed that these are
Pharaoh's officers, and itconfirms once again that these
(09:15):
two men were not merely workersbut high-ranking officers in the
Pharaoh's court, and it againsays in the custody of his
master's house.
This is a reaffirming verse.
This is a reaffirming versewhich again reaffirms that this
was indeed the home of Joseph'smaster, potiphar, and that
(09:37):
Potiphar had again placed peopleunder the care of Joseph.
Now, when Joseph comes to them,he finds them troubled and he
asks them why are you troubled?
Why are your faces downcast?
And the reason these men areupset is because they were used
(09:59):
to having immediate access tothe court magicians who would
interpret any troubling dreams.
The distress of these two menshows how they had grown
emotionally dependent upon thisfalse religion, the false
religion of the Egyptians.
But Joseph's reply to them isboth pointed and amazing.
(10:20):
Joseph says do notinterpretations belong to God?
Please tell them to me.
This is perhaps the greateststatement of faith in this
chapter, yet very oftenoverlooked.
Joseph asks these two menwho've been indoctrinated by
(10:45):
occult practices and falsereligion.
Do not interpretations belongto God?
Joseph recognizes that truthcomes from God alone, the
creator of all things, whoupholds the entire universe
together by the power of hisword.
And the question that Josephasks these two men is
(11:06):
challenging the false securitythat they've placed in the
magicians and declares to themthat God alone holds the answers
.
As we consider this truth, I'dlike to read three verses from
Scripture.
Proverbs 1.7 reads the fear ofthe Lord is the beginning of
(11:29):
knowledge.
Fools despise wisdom andinstruction.
Proverbs 2.6 reads For the Lordgives wisdom.
From his mouth comes knowledgeand understanding.
And James 1.5 reads If any ofyou lacks wisdom, let him ask
(11:50):
God, who gives generously to all, without reproach.
Picking up in verse 9, vinebefore me, and on the vine there
was three branches.
As soon as it budded, itsblossoms shot forth and the
(12:16):
clusters ripened into grapes.
Pharaoh's cup was in my handand I took the grapes and I
pressed them into Pharaoh's cupand then I placed the cup into
Pharaoh's hand and then I placedthe cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Then Joseph said to him this isits interpretation the three
(12:37):
branches are three days.
In three days Pharaoh will liftup your head and restore you to
your office and you shall placePharaoh's cup in his hand, as
formerly when you were hiscup-bearer.
Only remember me when it iswell with you and please do me
(12:59):
this kindness to mention me toPharaoh, and so get me out of
this house, for I was indeedstolen out of the land of the
Hebrews and here also, I havedone nothing that they should
put me into this pit.
(13:19):
In these verses we see that thedream of the chief cupbearer
represented his normal duties tothe king and it contained
visions of vines, grapes and himplacing a cup in Pharaoh's hand
.
The dream had multiple groupsof threes.
It had three branches, it had avine that did three things it
(13:40):
budded, blossomed and ripened.
And the cup bearer did threethings he took the grapes, he
pressed them and he placed thecup in Pharaoh's hand.
And having heard this, josephwas immediately given insight
and wisdom from God to recognizethat those three branches
(14:03):
symbolized three days.
God also revealed to Josephthat in three days the Pharaoh
would lift up the cupbearer'shead.
Now, that phrase for lifting uphis head refers to elevating
someone from a low position toan honored one.
And finally, joseph confirmsfor the cupbearer that he will
(14:27):
be restored to his formerposition, the cupbearer, that he
will be restored to his formerposition.
After doing so, joseph asksthat the cupbearer would
remember him when he obtains hisfreedom, and Joseph's request
to remember him was that hewould be taken out of the house
of Potiphar altogether.
Joseph sums up his story to thisofficer of Pharaoh, who will be
(14:52):
free, and he tells him how.
He too was free in the land ofthe Hebrews and he was stolen
and he was sold to Potiphar.
Furthermore, he did nothingwrong against Potiphar or his
household to end up here in thisprison, potiphar or his
(15:15):
household to end up here in thisprison Verse 16.
When the chief baker saw thatthe interpretation was favorable
, he said to Joseph I also had adream.
There were three cake basketson my head and in the uppermost
basket there were all sorts ofbaked food for Pharaoh, but the
birds were eating it out of thebasket on my head.
(15:35):
And Joseph answered and saidthis is the interpretation.
The three baskets are threedays.
In three days, pharaoh willlift up your head from you and
hang you on a tree and the birdswill eat the flesh from you.
(15:57):
In verse 16, after the bakerhears the good news and
interpretation of the chiefcupbearer.
He considers that his dream issimilar and he now wants his
dream interpreted.
He tells Joseph I also had adream.
And in revealing his dream, hereveals that his dream also
(16:20):
reflects his duties to the kingof Egypt.
And there's a reference tothree cake baskets on his head.
However, rather than him givingthe food in those cake baskets
to Pharaoh, the birds are eatingthe food out of the uppermost
cake basket.
And then Joseph was once againgiven insight from God to
(16:44):
interpret the dream and theinterpretation this time was not
favorable.
And the interpretation thistime was not favorable.
Joseph said that Pharaoh wouldlift up his head, but it would
be lifted up off his body, andthat he would hang from a tree
(17:07):
and the birds would eat hisflesh Verse 20.
And on the third day, which wasthe Pharaoh's birthday, he made
a feast for all of his servantsand lifted up the head of the
chief cupbearer and the head ofthe chief baker among his
servants.
He restored the chief cupbearerto his position and he placed
the cup in Pharaoh's hand, buthe hanged the chief baker, as
(17:31):
Joseph had interpreted to them.
Yet the chief cupbearer did notremember Joseph but forgot him.
In verse 20, we're told thatthe third day was Pharaoh's
birthday.
Now, in ancient Egypt, there wasa custom to release prisoners
(17:51):
on Pharaoh's birthday.
This is actually documentedthrough an archaeology find
called the Rosetta Stone.
However, as we see, the releaseof these two prisoners rendered
two very different judgments.
It would seem that, whateverinvestigation was ongoing during
(18:14):
their imprisonment theimprisonment of the chief baker
and chief cupbearer it wasdiscovered that the offense
against the king was laid uponthe chief baker, who was found
guilty, and the chief cupbearerfound innocent.
And all of this occurred on thethird day, when the judgment of
(18:39):
Pharaoh upon the chiefcupbearer to restore him and the
chief baker to execute him byhanging him on a tree was just
as the Lord had spoken throughJoseph.
Yet, despite the perfection ofthe interpretations that God
gave through Joseph, thecupbearer did not remember him,
(19:00):
but rather he became distractedwith his own life.
However, the Lord will notforget Joseph and in the Lord's
sovereign power and providence,he has an even greater plan for
Joseph's deliverance.
Join me next week as Josephinterprets Pharaoh's dreams.
(19:21):
God bless you this week.
Grace and peace to you from God, our Father and our
Lord and Savior, jesus Christ.
Today we're in Genesis, chapter40, where Joseph is
interpreting two prisoners'dreams, starting in verse 1,.
Sometime after this, thecupbearer of the king of Egypt
and his baker committed anoffense against their lord.
(00:25):
The king of Egypt and his bakercommitted an offense against
their lord, the king of Egypt,and Pharaoh was angry with his
two officers, the chiefcupbearer and the chief baker,
and he put them in custody inthe house of the captain of the
guard in the prison where Josephwas confined.
The captain of the guardappointed Joseph to be with them
(00:48):
and he attended them, and theycontinued for some time in
custody.
In verse 1, it begins sayingsometime after this.
This is signaling thechronological order of events
and that the cupbearer and bakerwere thrown into prison after
(01:08):
Joseph.
We can somewhat reconstruct thetimeline from other references
in scripture, because Joseph is30 years old when the Pharaoh
will bring him into his servicelater in Genesis, chapter 41,
verse 46, and there was atwo-year gap that occurred
between Joseph interpretingthese dreams and being called
(01:33):
into the Pharaoh's service.
Therefore, at this time, josephwould be 28 years old.
Now we're told about two men,the cupbearer and the baker.
Now, both of these positionswere royal managerial positions.
They weren't simply workers.
So the cupbearer wasn't just acupbearer.
(01:56):
In verse 7 of this chapterwe're told that he's actually an
officer of the pharaoh.
Another English translation forcupbearer would be butler.
This position was the pharaoh'spersonal attendant, overseeing
all of the royal vineyards, thecellars and the wine that would
(02:17):
come to pharaoh.
He likely had hundreds ofpeople underneath him.
The other position was thechief baker, and this too, again
, is a royal managerial position, not simply a baker.
He would have oversaw everyoneand everything in the royal
kitchen.
It would have been hisresponsibility for the
(02:40):
preparation of food and meatsthat were set before the pharaoh
and were told that theycommitted an offense against the
king of Egypt.
The Hebrew phrase forcommitting an offense is also
translated in other areas to sinagainst, and this stands in
direct contrast to how Josephearlier refused to sin against
(03:05):
God.
Also, considering the positionsof the cupbearer and baker,
they were to provide Pharaohwith the best drink and the best
food, making sure that he wasnot poisoned.
So their offense, their sinagainst the Pharaoh, likely had
to do with that very thing.
(03:25):
Somehow a meal went wrong forthe Pharaoh.
The other interesting thing werecognize here is that the
Pharaoh is mentioned as the Kingof Egypt.
This title, the King of Egypt,helps to identify him as the
ruler over all of Egypt, and theuse of this title also
(03:48):
emphasizes the offense that thecup bearer and baker had against
this king.
John MacArthur identifies thispharaoh as Senusert II.
Also, as we're getting startedin this chapter for those of you
who love Bible knowledge, thenation of Egypt came from the
(04:11):
son of Ham.
Egypt was actually the grandsonof Noah.
Now we see that these twoofficers, the cup bearer and the
baker, were thrown into custodyin the house of the captain of
the guard.
Now we learned back in Genesis39.1 that Potiphar was the
(04:32):
captain of the guard.
Therefore, joseph's master, whohad previously bought him for
silver and exalted him to aplace of ruling over his home,
has now again put Joseph incharge underneath him.
This time, however, it's not inhis home, but in the prison
(04:54):
that was attached to his home.
Just for clarification, we'retold that this prison was in the
house of the captain of theguard, where Joseph was confined
.
Furthermore, in verse 7, thelocation of the prison is called
his master's house, referringto the master of Joseph.
(05:16):
And finally, in verse 15, andlater in Genesis, chapter 41,
verse 14, the prison is referredto as a dungeon.
Therefore, we can conclude thatthe prison is the basement or
an underground dungeon areaattached to Potiphar's home.
(05:37):
Verse 5,.
And one night they both dreamedthe cupbearer and the baker of
the king of Egypt who wereconfined in the prison.
Each his own dream and eachdream with its own
interpretation.
When Joseph came to them in themorning, he saw that they were
troubled.
So he asked Pharaoh's officers,who were with him in custody in
(06:02):
his master's house why are yourfaces downcast today?
They said to him we have haddreams and there's no one to
interpret them.
And Joseph said Do notinterpretations belong to God?
Please tell them to me.
(06:23):
Beginning in verse 5, we seethat both the cupbearer and the
baker had troubling dreams thatthey remembered when they woke
up.
Both of them had these dreamswhile they were in prison and
they had them the same night.
And it says each dream had itsown interpretation.
(06:44):
This notation is here for aspecific reason.
There are three sets of dreamsin the narrative of Joseph.
This notation is here for aspecific reason.
There are three sets of dreamsin the narrative of Joseph, and
in the first set and in the lastset of dreams in the narrative
of Joseph the dreams aredifferent but they carry the
same general meaning.
However, this second set ofdreams here that we see with the
(07:09):
cupbearer and the baker, welearn that the cupbearer and the
baker had different dreams andthey had different
interpretations.
An interesting notation oninterpreting dreams in ancient
Egypt, oniromancy, which is theoccultic practice or charlatan
(07:32):
science of interpreting dreams,was believed to tell the future
and it was very commonplace tohave a professional magician,
enchanter or sorcerer interpretyour dreams, especially in the
court of the pharaoh.
Interpret your dreams,especially in the court of the
(07:54):
pharaoh.
Both ancient Egypt and ancientBabylon had advanced the
charlatan science ofinterpreting dreams, along with
other occultic ideas, intofull-blown professions, and
people were paid to performthese occultic sciences such as
interpreting dreams.
Another reference to this isDaniel 2.2.
Now Moses tells us in the bookof Deuteronomy, chapter 13,
(08:21):
verses 1-5, that interpretingdreams is often a part of a
false religion and it's a way totake people away from faith in
the one true God.
However, as the story of Josephis teaching us today, if we
(08:41):
have a true fear of the Lord,god, the creator of heaven and
earth, and a desire to followhim.
He can and he will use whateverour.
Now, in verse 7, we're againreaffirmed that these are
Pharaoh's officers, and itconfirms once again that these
(09:15):
two men were not merely workersbut high-ranking officers in the
Pharaoh's court, and it againsays in the custody of his
master's house.
This is a reaffirming verse.
This is a reaffirming versewhich again reaffirms that this
was indeed the home of Joseph'smaster, potiphar, and that
(09:37):
Potiphar had again placed peopleunder the care of Joseph.
Now, when Joseph comes to them,he finds them troubled and he
asks them why are you troubled?
Why are your faces downcast?
And the reason these men areupset is because they were used
(09:59):
to having immediate access tothe court magicians who would
interpret any troubling dreams.
The distress of these two menshows how they had grown
emotionally dependent upon thisfalse religion, the false
religion of the Egyptians.
But Joseph's reply to them isboth pointed and amazing.
(10:20):
Joseph says do notinterpretations belong to God?
Please tell them to me.
This is perhaps the greateststatement of faith in this
chapter, yet very oftenoverlooked.
Joseph asks these two menwho've been indoctrinated by
(10:45):
occult practices and falsereligion.
Do not interpretations belongto God?
Joseph recognizes that truthcomes from God alone, the
creator of all things, whoupholds the entire universe
together by the power of hisword.
And the question that Josephasks these two men is
(11:06):
challenging the false securitythat they've placed in the
magicians and declares to themthat God alone holds the answers
.
As we consider this truth, I'dlike to read three verses from
Scripture.
Proverbs 1.7 reads the fear ofthe Lord is the beginning of
(11:29):
knowledge.
Fools despise wisdom andinstruction.
Proverbs 2.6 reads For the Lordgives wisdom.
From his mouth comes knowledgeand understanding.
And James 1.5 reads If any ofyou lacks wisdom, let him ask
(11:50):
God, who gives generously to all, without reproach.
Picking up in verse 9, vinebefore me, and on the vine there
was three branches.
As soon as it budded, itsblossoms shot forth and the
(12:16):
clusters ripened into grapes.
Pharaoh's cup was in my handand I took the grapes and I
pressed them into Pharaoh's cupand then I placed the cup into
Pharaoh's hand and then I placedthe cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Then Joseph said to him this isits interpretation the three
(12:37):
branches are three days.
In three days Pharaoh will liftup your head and restore you to
your office and you shall placePharaoh's cup in his hand, as
formerly when you were hiscup-bearer.
Only remember me when it iswell with you and please do me
(12:59):
this kindness to mention me toPharaoh, and so get me out of
this house, for I was indeedstolen out of the land of the
Hebrews and here also, I havedone nothing that they should
put me into this pit.
(13:19):
In these verses we see that thedream of the chief cupbearer
represented his normal duties tothe king and it contained
visions of vines, grapes and himplacing a cup in Pharaoh's hand
.
The dream had multiple groupsof threes.
It had three branches, it had avine that did three things it
(13:40):
budded, blossomed and ripened.
And the cup bearer did threethings he took the grapes, he
pressed them and he placed thecup in Pharaoh's hand.
And having heard this, josephwas immediately given insight
and wisdom from God to recognizethat those three branches
(14:03):
symbolized three days.
God also revealed to Josephthat in three days the Pharaoh
would lift up the cupbearer'shead.
Now, that phrase for lifting uphis head refers to elevating
someone from a low position toan honored one.
And finally, joseph confirmsfor the cupbearer that he will
(14:27):
be restored to his formerposition, the cupbearer, that he
will be restored to his formerposition.
After doing so, joseph asksthat the cupbearer would
remember him when he obtains hisfreedom, and Joseph's request
to remember him was that hewould be taken out of the house
of Potiphar altogether.
Joseph sums up his story to thisofficer of Pharaoh, who will be
(14:52):
free, and he tells him how.
He too was free in the land ofthe Hebrews and he was stolen
and he was sold to Potiphar.
Furthermore, he did nothingwrong against Potiphar or his
household to end up here in thisprison, potiphar or his
(15:15):
household to end up here in thisprison Verse 16.
When the chief baker saw thatthe interpretation was favorable
, he said to Joseph I also had adream.
There were three cake basketson my head and in the uppermost
basket there were all sorts ofbaked food for Pharaoh, but the
birds were eating it out of thebasket on my head.
(15:35):
And Joseph answered and saidthis is the interpretation.
The three baskets are threedays.
In three days, pharaoh willlift up your head from you and
hang you on a tree and the birdswill eat the flesh from you.
(15:57):
In verse 16, after the bakerhears the good news and
interpretation of the chiefcupbearer.
He considers that his dream issimilar and he now wants his
dream interpreted.
He tells Joseph I also had adream.
And in revealing his dream, hereveals that his dream also
(16:20):
reflects his duties to the kingof Egypt.
And there's a reference tothree cake baskets on his head.
However, rather than him givingthe food in those cake baskets
to Pharaoh, the birds are eatingthe food out of the uppermost
cake basket.
And then Joseph was once againgiven insight from God to
(16:44):
interpret the dream and theinterpretation this time was not
favorable.
And the interpretation thistime was not favorable.
Joseph said that Pharaoh wouldlift up his head, but it would
be lifted up off his body, andthat he would hang from a tree
(17:07):
and the birds would eat hisflesh Verse 20.
And on the third day, which wasthe Pharaoh's birthday, he made
a feast for all of his servantsand lifted up the head of the
chief cupbearer and the head ofthe chief baker among his
servants.
He restored the chief cupbearerto his position and he placed
the cup in Pharaoh's hand, buthe hanged the chief baker, as
(17:31):
Joseph had interpreted to them.
Yet the chief cupbearer did notremember Joseph but forgot him.
In verse 20, we're told thatthe third day was Pharaoh's
birthday.
Now, in ancient Egypt, there wasa custom to release prisoners
(17:51):
on Pharaoh's birthday.
This is actually documentedthrough an archaeology find
called the Rosetta Stone.
However, as we see, the releaseof these two prisoners rendered
two very different judgments.
It would seem that, whateverinvestigation was ongoing during
(18:14):
their imprisonment theimprisonment of the chief baker
and chief cupbearer it wasdiscovered that the offense
against the king was laid uponthe chief baker, who was found
guilty, and the chief cupbearerfound innocent.
And all of this occurred on thethird day, when the judgment of
(18:39):
Pharaoh upon the chiefcupbearer to restore him and the
chief baker to execute him byhanging him on a tree was just
as the Lord had spoken throughJoseph.
Yet, despite the perfection ofthe interpretations that God
gave through Joseph, thecupbearer did not remember him,
(19:00):
but rather he became distractedwith his own life.
However, the Lord will notforget Joseph and in the Lord's
sovereign power and providence,he has an even greater plan for
Joseph's deliverance.
Join me next week as Josephinterprets Pharaoh's dreams.
(19:21):
God bless you this week.
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