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One day Joseph went into the house to do his work. He was the only man in the house at the time.

His master's wife grabbed his coat and said to him, "Come to bed with me." But Joseph ran out of the house so fast that he left his coat in her hand.

The woman saw that Joseph had left his coat in her hand and had run out of the house.

My scream scared him and he ran away, but he left his coat with me."

Then she kept his coat until her husband, Joseph's master, came home.

But when he came near me, I screamed. He ran away, but he left his coat."

Joseph's master listened to what his wife said, and he became very angry.

The Lord was with Joseph and continued to show his kindness to him, so the commander of the prison guards began to like Joseph.

Pharaoh became angry with his baker and wine server,

One night both of the prisoners had a dream. The baker and the wine server each had his own dream, and each dream had its own meaning.

So the wine server told Joseph his dream. The server said, "I dreamed I saw a vine.

Three days later it was Pharaoh's birthday. He gave a party for all his servants. At the party Pharaoh allowed the wine server and the baker to leave the prison.

He freed the wine server and gave him his job back, and once again the wine server put a cup of wine in Pharaoh's hand.

This seemed like a very good idea to Pharaoh, and all his officials agreed.

Then Pharaoh gave his special ring to Joseph. The royal seal was on this ring. Pharaoh also gave Joseph a fine linen robe and put a gold chain around his neck.

Then he told Joseph to ride in his second chariot. Pharaoh's officials said, "Let him be the governor over the whole land of Egypt!"

During the famine in Canaan, Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt. So he said to his sons, "Why are you sitting here doing nothing?

Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted like he didn't know them. He was rude when he spoke to them. He said, "Where do you come from?" The brothers answered, "We have come from the land of Canaan to buy food."

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not know who he was.

Then Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about his brothers. Joseph said to his brothers, "You have not come to buy food! You are spies. You came to learn where we are weak."