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The woman talked to Joseph every day, but he refused to have sexual relations with her or even spend time with her.

His master's wife grabbed his coat and said to him, "Come and have sexual relations with me." But Joseph left his coat in her hand and ran out of the house.

she called to the servants in her house and said, "Look! This Hebrew slave was brought here to shame us. He came in and tried to have sexual relations with me, but I screamed.

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

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

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness and caused the prison warden to like Joseph.

The two men answered, "We both had dreams last night, but no one can explain their meaning to us." Joseph said to them, "God is the only One who can explain the meaning of dreams. Tell me your dreams."

But when you are free, remember me. Be kind to me, and tell the king about me so I can get out of this prison.

In the top basket were all kinds of baked food for the king, but the birds were eating this food out of the basket on my head."

But the king hanged the baker on a pole. Everything happened just as Joseph had said it would,

but the officer who served wine did not remember Joseph. He forgot all about him.

Then seven more cows came up out of the river, but they were thin and ugly. They stood beside the seven beautiful cows on the bank of the Nile.

After that, seven more heads of grain sprang up, but they were thin and burned by the hot east wind.

The next morning the king was troubled about these dreams, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. The king told them his dreams, but no one could explain their meaning to him.

Then the chief officer who served wine to the king said to him, "Now I remember something I promised to do, but I forgot about it.

The king said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, but no one can explain its meaning to me. I have heard that you can explain a dream when someone tells it to you."

Joseph answered the king, "I am not able to explain the meaning of dreams, but God will do this for the king."

but after they had eaten the seven cows, no one could tell they had eaten them. They looked just as thin and ugly as they did in the beginning. Then I woke up.

Then seven more heads of grain sprang up after them, but these heads were thin and ugly and were burned by the hot east wind.

Then the thin heads ate the seven good heads. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain its meaning to me."