Joseph in Egypt
A slave becomes a leader
Joseph was sold as a slave to a
man named Potiphar.
Potiphar worked for Pharaoh, the
ruler of Egypt.
Potiphar could tell that the Lord
helped Joseph.
He trusted Joseph and put him in
charge of his house and everything he owned.
Potiphar’s wife liked Joseph. She wanted Joseph to break the
Lord’s commandments with her.
Joseph told her no.
Potiphar’s wife would not listen,
so Joseph ran away.
She was angry at Joseph.
She showed Potiphar a piece of
Joseph’s clothing.
She lied to Potiphar about Joseph.
Potiphar put Joseph in prison.
Joseph had been separated from his
family.
He had become a slave, and now he
was a prisoner.
But the Lord still helped Joseph.
Joseph did not give up.
The Lord blessed the prison guard
to see the good in Joseph.
The guard began to trust him, so
he put Joseph in charge of the other prisoners.
Joseph met two prisoners, a baker
and a butler, who had worked for Pharaoh.
They both had strange dreams.
Through the Lord’s power, Joseph
explained what their dreams meant.
The butler’s dream meant that the
butler would be freed.
Three days later, he was set free
to work for Pharaoh again.
One day Pharaoh was upset by his
dreams.
No one could tell him what his
dreams meant.
Then the butler remembered that
Joseph could explain dreams.
Joseph was brought out of prison
to explain Pharaoh’s dreams.
Joseph said the dreams meant that
Egypt would have seven years with lots of food followed by seven years of famine
with very little food.
Joseph told Pharaoh that Egypt
should save extra food during the good years.
Pharaoh knew that what Joseph said
about his dreams was true.
He set Joseph free from prison and
made Joseph a great leader in Egypt.
For seven years, Joseph helped
Egypt store extra food.
Then the famine came.
During this time, no one could
grow any food.
People traveled to Egypt to buy
the food Joseph had stored.
Because of Joseph, the Egyptians
saved enough food to help them and others survive the famine.