Responsibility

Joseph was progressively entrusted with increasing responsibility. In order:

1. Potiphar's household

Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned... he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. (Genesis 39:4; 6)

1. The jail

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 39:22-23)

1. All of Egypt and Pharaoh's household

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, and people shouted before him, “Make way Or Bow down!” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt. (Genesis 42:41-43)

Dreams

Joseph was given two dreams three times.

1. With his family: sheaths of grain/moon and stars (Genesis 37)
2. With the baker and cupbearer: grapes and basket of bread (Genesis 40)
3. With Pharaoh: 7 fat and sleek cows; 7 heads of good and bad grain (Genesis 41)

It is after these two big points have been established does the storyline of Joseph's life move onto