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she called in her servants and said, "Look! This Hebrew has come just to make fools of us. He tried to rape me, but I screamed for help.

But when I screamed for help, he left his coat and ran out of the house."

One night each of the two men had a dream, but their dreams had different meanings.

But when these good things happen, please don't forget to tell the king about me, so I can get out of this place.

The top basket was full of all kinds of baked things for the king, but birds were eating them."

but the king's personal servant completely forgot about Joseph.

Later, seven other heads of grain appeared, but they were thin and scorched by the east wind.

"Your Majesty," Joseph answered, "I can't do it myself, but God can give a good meaning to your dreams."

But you couldn't tell it, because these skinny cows were just as skinny as they were before. Right away, I woke up.

These heads of grain swallowed the full ones. I told my dreams to the magicians, but none of them could tell me the meaning of the dreams.

but that will be followed by seven years when there won't be enough. The good years of plenty will be forgotten, and everywhere in Egypt people will be starving.

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was not enough food in other countries, but all over Egypt there was plenty.

When the famine finally struck Egypt, the people asked the king for food, but he said, "Go to Joseph and do what he tells you to do."

But Jacob did not send Joseph's younger brother Benjamin with them; he was afraid that something might happen to him.

They did not recognize Joseph, but right away he knew who they were, though he pretended not to know. Instead, he spoke harshly and asked, "Where do you come from?" "From the land of Canaan," they answered. "We've come here to buy grain."

But they explained, "Sir, we come from a family of twelve brothers. The youngest is still with our father in Canaan, and one of our brothers is dead."

Choose one of you to go after your brother, while the rest of you stay here in jail. That will show whether you are telling the truth. But if you are lying, I swear by the life of the king that you are spies!

But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then I'll know that you are telling the truth, and you won't be put to death. Joseph's brothers agreed

and said to one another, "We're being punished because of Joseph. We saw the trouble he was in, but we refused to help him when he begged us. That's why these terrible things are happening."

Reuben spoke up, "Didn't I tell you not to harm the boy? But you wouldn't listen, and now we have to pay the price for killing him."