how Joseph had interpreted his own dream. Hence Joseph’s sudden summons from the pit. After Joseph had waited patiently to be remembered for two years, now Pharaoh’s servants hurried to shave and dress him, making him presentable to the king. Alongside the obvious reversal of fortunes, there is a more subtle reversal here. Each of Joseph’s previous misfortunes involved him being stripped of his clothes: his brothers took his fancy coat, and Potiphar’s wife grabbed his outer garment. Here his restoration