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- 0:01SPEAKER_00: Genesis 40.
- 0:03SPEAKER_00: Joseph explains two dreams.
- 0:07SPEAKER_00: Later, two of Pharaoh's servants did something wrong to Pharaoh.
- 0:13SPEAKER_00: These servants were the baker and the man who served wine to Pharaoh.
- 0:19SPEAKER_00: Pharaoh became angry with his baker and wine server, so he put them in the same prison as Joseph.
- 0:26SPEAKER_00: Potiphar, the commander of Pharaoh's guards, was in charge of this prison.
- 0:33SPEAKER_00: The commander put the two prisoners under Joseph's care.
- 0:39SPEAKER_00: The two men continued to stay in prison for some time.
- 0:43SPEAKER_00: One night both of the prisoners had a dream.
- 0:48SPEAKER_00: The baker and the wine server each had his own dream, and each dream had its own meaning.
- 0:57SPEAKER_00: Joseph went back to them the next morning and saw that the two men were worried.
- 1:03SPEAKER_00: He asked them, Why do you look so worried today?
- 1:08SPEAKER_00: The two men answered We both had dreams last night, but we don't understand what we dreamed, and there was no one to explain the dreams to us.
- 1:20SPEAKER_00: Joseph said to them, God is the only one who can understand and explain dreams, so I beg you, tell me your dreams.
- 1:31SPEAKER_00: The wine server's dream.
- 1:34SPEAKER_00: So the wine server told Joseph his dream.
- 1:38SPEAKER_00: The server said I dreamed I saw a vine.
- 1:42SPEAKER_00: On the vine there were three branches.
- 1:46SPEAKER_00: I watched the branches grow flowers and then become brick grapes.
- 1:52SPEAKER_00: I was holding Pharaoh's cup, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup.
- 2:00SPEAKER_00: Then I gave the cup to Pharaoh.
- 2:02SPEAKER_00: Then Joseph said, I will explain the dream to you.
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: The three branches means three days.
- 2:11SPEAKER_00: Before the end of three days, Pharaoh will forgive you and allow you to go back to your work.
- 2:19SPEAKER_00: You will do the same work for Pharaoh as you did before.
- 2:24SPEAKER_00: But when you are free, remember me.
- 2:27SPEAKER_00: Be good to me and help me.
- 2:30SPEAKER_00: Tell Pharaoh about me so I can get out of prison.
- 2:35SPEAKER_00: I was kidnapped and taken from the land of my people, the Hebrews.
- 2:41SPEAKER_00: I've done nothing wrong.
- 2:43SPEAKER_00: I should not be in prison.
- 2:47SPEAKER_00: The Baker's Dream The Baker saw that the other servant's dream was good, so he said to Joseph I also had a dream.
- 2:59SPEAKER_00: I dreamed there were three baskets of bread on my head.
- 3:04SPEAKER_00: In the top basket there was all kinds of baked food for the king, but the birds were eating this food.
- 3:13SPEAKER_00: I will tell you what the dream means.
- 3:16SPEAKER_00: The three baskets means three days.
- 3:20SPEAKER_00: Before the end of the three days, the king will cut take you out of the prison and cut off your head.
- 3:29SPEAKER_00: He will hang your body on a pole and the birds will eat it.
- 3:35SPEAKER_00: Joseph is forgotten.
- 3:38SPEAKER_00: Three days later it was Pharaoh's birthday.
- 3:42SPEAKER_00: He gave party for all his servants.
- 3:45SPEAKER_00: At the party Pharaoh allowed the wine server and the baker to leave the prison.
- 3:52SPEAKER_00: He freed the wine server and gave him his job back, and once again the wine server put a cup of wine in Pharaoh's hand, but Pharaoh hanged the baker, and everything happened the way Joseph said it would.
- 4:09SPEAKER_00: But the wine server did not remember to help Joseph.
- 4:14SPEAKER_00: He said nothing about him to Pharaoh.
- 4:17SPEAKER_00: The wine server forgot about Joseph.