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Joseph Journals · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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  Next we have a young man from the land of Canaan.
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  He'll make an excellent slave. He's strong and healthy.
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  And now, who will start the bidding?
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  I may be interested. Let me speak to the boy.
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  Talk is. Cheap.
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  Give me money or get lost. I am Potiphar, an officer of
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  Pharaoh. How would you like to spend the
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  rest of your days rotting in a prison for kidnapping this young
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  man? But.
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  I I didn't kidnap him. His brothers sold him to me.
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  I paid a handsome price for this man.
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  How much? 50 shekels.
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  We throw liars into the Nile River to be eaten by crocodiles.
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  How much did you pay? 20 shekels, but I would have
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  paid 50 for him. He he's worth every penny.
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  I'll give you 100 shekels for him if I like him.
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  Now leave us alone. Yes, Sir.
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  What is your name, boy? Joseph, Sir.
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  So your brothers sold you into slavery, did they?
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  Yes, Sir, they don't like me very much.
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  Why not? Well, part of the reason is
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  jealousy, I suppose. My father gave me a really nice
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  coat. What did he give the others?
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  Nothing. I can see how that would have
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  upset them, but not enough to sell you for a measly 20 shekels
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  to this band of lowlifes. I heard that.
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  It was probably the dream that I had.
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  I told them about it. What was your?
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  Dream that I would someday be a great ruler and they would bow
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  down to me. Oh, that would do it.
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  So what are you going to do about your brothers?
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  I don't understand. Revenge.
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  Don't you want to get even with them for what they've done to
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  you? No Sir, I choose to forgive them
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  because I love God and want to do things His way.
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  Besides, unforgiveness makes you sick and miserable.
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  God gave me that dream and I'm going to keep trusted in Him to
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  make it happen. If he can do it in Canaan, he
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  can do it in Egypt. Nothing is too hard for God.
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  Young man, you are very wise. I'm going to purchase you.
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  I need some help at home. It's hard work, but I treat my
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  servants well. Who knows, Maybe someday you'll
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  be in charge of my servants. I'll take him.
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  What did I tell you? He's strong and healthy.
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  I don't know why you Egyptians never believe me.
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  It doesn't take a genius to see that he's strong and healthy.
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  I wanted to make sure he wasn't going to try to escape and run
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  back home. With me, I remind you, you did
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  say 100. Shekels.
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  I would have paid 200. What?
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  You, you wanted to see me, Mr. Potiphar?
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  Yes, Joseph. I'm tired.
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  Justine, did you finish your work already?
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  Are you kidding? Oh, it's going to take me all
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  day to bathe. That horse, I need to rest a
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  little before I start, but don't worry, I'll get it done.
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  Joseph, I have been watching you for a long time, ever since I
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  bought you. You are a very diligent worker.
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  Yes Sir, I believe in doing things right the first time.
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  The diligent person is blessed. Of all the slaves I have ever
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  owned, you are by far the best worker.
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  Well, thank you, Sir. As you know, I am a very busy
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  man. Yes, Sir, Mr. Potiphar.
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  I don't have time to watch everything that goes on around
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  here. I am gone much of the time.
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  But you are not the type that needs me looking over your
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  shoulder, unlike the other slaves I own, like Justin.
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  That's what I like about you, Joseph.
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  If I tell you to do something, I never have to worry about it
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  again because I know you will do it.
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  Yes, Sir, Mr. Potiphar. The other slaves, however, are
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  not so diligent. In fact, some are rather lazy.
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  What? I understand your point, Sir.
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  I need someone to watch them and make sure they do their work.
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  That someone is you, Joseph. Me, Sir.
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  Yes, you. I am putting you in charge of
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  everything. From now on, every servant will
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  answer to you directly. But Sir Justin is much older
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  than I and he has a lot more experience.
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  He is well liked by all the servants here.
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  Why don't you put him in charge? Justin is lazy.
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  Oh, Joseph, oh man, am I glad to see you.
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  Hey. Did you give me a hand and bathe
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  the master's horse? I'll make it up to you man,
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  Honest. I Justin is friendly with all
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  the servants and then asks them for favors so that he never has
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  to do any work. Even you have been doing his
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  chores, haven't you? Well, Sir, he said he wasn't
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  feeling very well yesterday. And what excuse did he give you
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  the day before? He said he was behind on his
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  work because you had given him a special task to do that day, so
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  I helped him. I never gave him any such task.
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  Justin is lazy. You, Joseph, are a hard worker.
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  That's why I'm putting you in charge.
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  Of course, you will be given your own room to sleep in and
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  the best food that I have in the house.
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  Everything of mine is at your disposal, except, of course, my
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  wife. Sir, I would never do anything
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  like that. I know Joseph, I was just making
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  a little joke. You can start by waking Justin
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  while I tell the other servants of your new position.
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  Thank you, Sir. You won't be sorry.
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  All right, Justin. No more Mr. Lazy.
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  Let's go. Come on, Justin.
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  You work for me. Now get up and bathe that horse.
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  I'm giving you 30 minutes. Oh yeah.
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  Who made you boss, Joseph? I did while you were sleeping.
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  What? When?
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  How? The diligent person is blessed.
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  Gomer. Gomer, get your lazy bones in
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  here and fix my bath. Master, Are you sure you need to
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  take a bath you just had 1-2 weeks ago?
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  Smell all right to me. My Mama never let me take a bath
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  unless I smelled bad. She would say, Gomer, you smell
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  bad, take a bath. Be quiet, Gomer.
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  I've had a bath every day for the last two weeks.
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  No thanks to you. Joseph fixed it for me because
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  no one could find you. Now get going.
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  Well OK I'll fix you a bath if you want me to.
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  Personally I think it's a waste of water.
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  You smell fine to me. I always say if it don't stink,
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  don't clean it. Why can't he be like Joseph?
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  Master, do you have a few moments?
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  Of course Joseph I always enjoy talking with.
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  You I just wanted to give you an update on what I've accomplished
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  so far. Today I sold all the surplus
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  sweet to the neighbors for $4000.
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  Then I bought 150 head of cattle from the Moonites and turned
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  around and sold them to the state guides for $10,000 of
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  profit. All the barns have been
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  repainted, the horses wash, the sheep are sheared and whoa.
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  There, young man, it's only 11:00 AM.
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  We haven't even had lunch yet. How did you get all these done?
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  Well, I got up early this morning and prayed that God
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  would be with me and prosper my way.
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  And he did. Well done, young man.
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  Why don't you take a little break and catch your breath?
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  Oh, I can never do that, Sir. I left the other servants that
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  I'm training. They're grooming the camels and
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  I promised them that I would be right back.
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  Wait, Joseph, I wanted to tell you about your promotion.
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  Promotion. I'm putting you in charge of my
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  entire house, every servant, all my money, everything.
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  You work hard and I trust you, Joseph.
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  You are the jewel of the Nile as far as I'm concerned.
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  Wow, thank you Sir, but it's God working in me.
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  He is giving me favor with you. God's favor put you on top.
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  I will not disappoint you. I wish there were more people
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  like Joseph in the world. This would be a better place,
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  that's for sure. Potiphar.
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  I've been looking all over. For you, what's the matter?
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  Oh, Joseph, he attacked me. Joseph.
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  Joseph. No way.
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  Here's his robe. No, I am beside myself with joy.
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  My life has never been so good since Joseph came.
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  Everything is running so smoothly here.
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  I get to go home at night to be with my wife and children.
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  The cells are clean, no more fights.
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  I even got a raise since I put Joseph in charge.
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  What a jewel he is. Well, Mr. Jalen, it looks like
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  your life has just gotten harder.
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  Remember that dream Farrell had? The one Joseph was sent to
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  interpret. Oh, no.
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  Do you mean to tell me that Joseph could not tell him the
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  meaning of his dream? No.
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  No. He told Barrow what the whole
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  thing meant. Hey, where is Joseph?
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  You did not bring him back like you promised you would.
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  That's what I came to tell you. You see, there's been a little
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  change of plans. It seems Pharaoh liked Joseph so
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  much he made him vizier over Egypt.
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  What is this Vizier? You don't know what a vizier is.
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  He's second in command over all of Egypt.
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  He answers only to Pharaoh. You could say he's the jewel of
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  the Nile. It is the favor of his God.
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  I tell you, God's favor puts you on top.
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  Joseph is a foreigner, a Jew. To think that he has been a
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  slave since coming to our country, then a prisoner, and
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  now he is second in command. A.
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  Vizier. I'm happy for Joseph.
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  His God is good to him. What you have told me today is
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  wonderful, super excellent, outstanding, incredible.
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  Wait a minute, what am I saying? Who is going to run my jail now?
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  You are. That is what they pay you for,
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  remember? I think I'm going to start
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  worshipping the God of Joseph. I could use a little favor in my
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  life. What am I saying?
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  A little favor. I need a lot of favor.