JOSEPH: DOWN BUT NOT OUT

JOSEPH: DOWN BUT NOT OUT
UNSUNG HEROES
Steve Christner October 6, 2024

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Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain
of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. -Genesis 39:1

The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master
saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favor in his
eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he
owned. From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the
household of the Egyptians because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both
in the house and in the field. So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not
concern himself with anything except the food he ate. -Genesis 39:2-6

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Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph
was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the
prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for
all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the Lord was with
Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did. -Genesis 39:20-23

Sometime later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh
was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, and put them in custody in the house of the
captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined. The captain of the guard assigned them to
Joseph, and he attended them. -Genesis 40:1-4

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The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. -Genesis 40:23

So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his
clothes, he came before Pharaoh. -Genesis 41:14

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many
lives. -Genesis 50:20