Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison

"Do not interpretations belong to God?" Genesis 40:8

Joseph had been sold by his cruel brothers and had become a slave in Egypt. A lie was told about him and he was put into prison. But Joseph did his best and did what he was told and God blessed him. The prison's keeper found out Joseph was different from the others. He gave Joseph responsibilities within the prison, such as feeding the prisoners and bringing them water. Joseph was able to speak to the prisoners and shared kind words with them. 

One day two new prisoners came in. One was the chief of all of Pharaoh's bakers and the other was his cup bearer. He carried Pharaoh's wine. Something had happened and they were suspected of doing something wrong, so they'd been sent to prison. One morning Joseph saw them looking sadder than usual. He asked what was the matter and they said they'd each had a dream. No one knew what it had meant. The Egyptians thought that dreams would bring a message and there were men in Egypt who said they could understand them. These dreams did have a meaning and God allowed Joseph to understand them. 

The cup bearer had dreamt he saw a vine with three bunches of grapes. He was squeezing the juice into the king's cup as he used to do. Joseph said this meant in three days the cup bearer would be working for the king again. Joseph asked him to tell the king about him when he was free. 

The baker dreamed that he had three baskets full of pastries and breads, but birds flew down and ate all the food. Joseph told him this meant he was going to die and birds would eat his body. And this is what happened. 

Pharaoh looked into what had happened and found out the truth. The baker was then killed and the cup bearer returned to his duties. But he was ungrateful and forgot all about Joseph and his promise to tell Pharaoh about him. 

QUESTIONS

1. Who was Joseph?

2. Where was he?

3. How did he get to Egypt ?

4. Where had he been put ?

5. Had he done anything wrong ?

6. Who trusted him ?

7. What did he do in the prison ?

8. Who came into the prison ?

9. What was the cup-bearer's dream?

10. What was the baker's dream ?

11. What did Joseph say the cup-bearer's dream meant?

12. What did the baker's dream mean?

13. What happened ?

14. What had Joseph asked of the cup-bearer?

15. Did he remember ?