1Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt. 2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined. 4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant.
After they had been in custody for some time, 5both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught. 7So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
8“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.”
Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
Who was the captain of the guard?
Genesis 39:1Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
Potiphar was the captain of the guard and he didn’t believe the charge his wife made against Joseph because he put Joseph in prison instead of putting him to death.
4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant.
“Why are your faces so downcast today?”
Notice Joseph’s heart condition, he was concerned for the cupbearer and the baker because they looked distraught. Joseph didn’t seem to care about his own living conditions in prison, instead he cared for others around him.
Sounds like Jesus doesn’t it?
“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.”
The “dreamer” is getting ready to use his God given spiritual gift.
God wanted the cupbearer and baker to meet Joseph.
Has God wanted you to meet someone?
Blessings, David
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