Potiphar’s wife was cruel and told lies about Joseph. Potiphar believed the lies his wife told and had Joseph thrown into prison.
Things looked bad for Joseph. It seemed as if his dreams would never come true.
But God was watching over him.
One morning, one of the other prisoners said, “I had a dream last night. A strange dream. I dreamed I saw a grapevine with three branches. Suddenly, bunches of grapes burst out of those branches. So I squeezed them into a cup and gave it to the king to drink. I wonder what it means?”
Joseph listened to the dream.
God listened, too. Then he whispered the dream’s meaning into Joseph’s ear.
“I know what it means!” said Joseph.
“Before you were sent to prison you served wine to the king. Well in three days, you will be set free
and serve him wine once more.”
That’s exactly what happened. And when the wine-server was set free, he promised to help Joseph
get out, too.
Read more about this story in Genesis 39.
Taken from Heroes and Villains of the Bible by Thomas Nelson.
Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson.