Genesis 40-42

Joseph Interprets the Officials’ Dreams

[23] Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. [Gen 40:23 LSB]

[9] Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body [also]. ... [12] I am forgotten like a dead man--out of mind-- I am like a broken vessel. [Psa 31:9, 12 LSB]

 Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dream

[1] Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile. [Gen 41:1 LSB]

[16] Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will answer [concerning] the welfare of Pharaoh." [Gen 41:16 LSB]

Joseph Is Set over Egypt

[38] Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?" [Gen 41:38 LSB]

The Sons of Joseph

Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt

[6] Now Joseph was the one in power over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with [their] faces to the ground. ... [9] And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them and said to them, "You are spies; you have come to look at the nakedness of the land." [Gen 42:6, 9 LSB]

[7] Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf." [Gen 37:7 ESV]

Jacob Is Bereaved