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him his brothers’ sheaves of grain, and in another the sun, moon, and eleven stars (Gen. 37:5–9). Apparently naïve about the envy and enmity such presumptuous dreams might provoke, he tells his brothers about them and becomes the object of their jealousy and anger. They first plot his death and then, after reconsidering, sell him as a slave. Later, in Egypt, Joseph’s destiny will ebb and flow even more: no sooner does he become the household servant of the captain of pharaoh’s guard (Potifar) than he is falsely accused of seducing Potifar’s wife and ends up imprisoned. Despite being the chosen and beloved son of Jacob and being blessed by God, Joseph suffers more degradation and loss than any other brother. First thrown into a pit (and the language of the pit, bor, is related to the depths of Sheol in the Psalms), then sold as a slave, and then kept prisoner, Joseph’s character is measured by extraordinary adversities. Eventually, though, after gaining the trust of the pharaoh through his dream-interpreting skills, he is released from prison and given a powerful position. Now the story seems to bear out his exalted dreams in childhood—but with one major caveat.
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