life evidences this truth more clearly than the life of Joseph. For the most part, Joseph’s experiences thus far have been somber. He may have been born a favored son, but his life was filled with disappointment, mistreatment, and rejection, with fear and false accusations, with slavery and abandonment. We left Joseph alone in prison as we ended the previous chapter. Now, after a gap of two full years, we pick up his story again. Remember, when we left him, he had told the cupbearer two years earlier,