Joseph's Story

The Story of Joseph

Jacob had twelve sons, but

he loved Joseph more than
his other sons. That's why he
made her a coat of many
colors.

Jacob had twelve sons, but

he loved Joseph more than
his other sons. Because he
loved Joseph so much, he
made him a beautiful coat of
many colors.
The brothers hated him,
and would not even
speak to him, for they
saw that their father loved
him more than them.

Joseph's brothers hated

him and refused to be
friendly to him, because
they knew their father
loved him more than
them.
One day, some
merchants passed by.
Joseph's brothers sold
him for twenty pieces of
silver. Then the
merchants took him to
Egypt.

One day, some traders

came by. Joseph's
brothers sold him to the
traders for twenty pieces
of silver. The traders
then took Joseph to
Egypt.
In Egypt, Joseph was thrown
into prison, although he was
innocent and had done
nothing wrong. But even in
prison God continued to help
Joseph and to give him
signs of His love.

In Egypt, Joseph was

thrown in jail, even though
he had done nothing wrong.
But even in jail God was
with Joseph and took care
of him.
 Some time later, the king's Some time later, the chief cupbearer
cupbearer offended the king. The offended the king of Egypt. The king
king of Egypt was angry and threw was angry with him and put him under
the cupbearer in jail. guard in the prison where Joseph was
One night the cupbearer had a imprisoned. One night the
dream and told Joseph about it. cupbearer had a
He said, "In the dream I saw a dream and told
grapevine with three branches. I Joseph about it. -In
had the king's cup in my hand, so I my dream I saw a
took some grapes, squeezed the grape plant with
juice into the cup and then gave three branches. I
the cup to the king." was holding the
Joseph told the king's cup in my
hand, so I would
take the grapes and
squeeze them into
the cup, and then
give it to the king.
cupbearer, "The three branches Joseph said to him, "The three
are three days. After three days, branches are three days. In three
the king will free you from prison days' time the king will restore you to
and give you back your job." your office, so that you may serve him
again as his cupbearer.
In three days the dream of
the cup holder was fulfilled.
The king had him released
from prison and returned
him to office.

After three days, the dream

came true. The king
released the cupbearer from
jail and gave him back his
job.
 One day, the king woke up
upset. He had a dream, but none of
his wise men could show him its
meaning.
In a dream, the king saw
seven cows, fat and beautiful.
Then he saw seven other cows,
skinny and ugly. Suddenly, the
skinny and ugly ones ate the fat
and pretty ones!

One day, the king was

upset. He had a dream, but
none of his wise men could tell
him what it meant.
In the dream, the king saw
seven fat, beautiful cows. Then
seven skinny, ugly cows
appeared. The seven ugly,
skinny cows ate the seven fat,
beautiful cows!
He also had another dream.
He dreamed that seven ears
of wheat, green and full of
wheat, sprouted from the
same stalk. After them,
seven more ears of corn
sprouted, without wheat and
withered by the desert wind.
And the dry ears swallowed
up the green and full ears of
wheat!

The king also had another

dream. In the dream, seven
full heads of grain were
growing on a single stalk.
Later, seven thin heads of
grain appeared. The thin
heads of grain then
swallowed the seven full
heads!
 Then the cupbearer
remembered Joseph in
prison.
He told the king about him.
The king sent for Joseph,
and they immediately
brought him out of prison.

The cupbearer then

remembered Joseph in
prison and told the king
about him.
The king commanded for
Joseph to be brought to him
and Joseph was
immediately released from
jail.
 Joseph told the king, "Your Majesty, Joseph said to the king, "The
both of your dreams mean the same two dreams that your majesty had
thing, and in them God has shown what are one. God has let you know
He is going to do. The what He intends to do.
seven good cows and The seven fat cows are
seven good heads of seven years, the same
grain stand for seven as the seven full ears of
years. The seven wheat. The seven skinny
skinny cows that came and ugly cows that came
up later also stand for out behind them are also
seven years, as do the seven years, the same
seven bad heads of as the seven withered
grain. The dreams ears of corn dried up by
mean there will be the desert wind. They
seven years when mean seven years of
there won't be enough hunger.
grain. The king said to
The king said to Joseph: - God has given
Joseph, "God is the one who has you to know all this. And the king
shown you these things." The king then put Joseph in charge of all his
put Joseph in charge of the whole country.
kingdom of Egypt.
 Joseph gathered all the food
that was produced in those
seven years and stored it.
When there was no more
food in all the land, Joseph
opened the storehouses and
sold wheat to the Egyptians.
The food shortage was so great
that people from all over the
world came to Egypt to buy
wheat for Joseph.

For seven years, Joseph

gathered and stored all the
extra grain.
When there was no food in
all of Egypt, Joseph opened the
storehouses and sold the grain
to the Egyptians. The famine
was so bad that even people
from other countries came to
Egypt to buy grain.
 Joseph's brothers
also came to Egypt to buy
wheat. They did not recognize
Joseph, their brother.
But Joseph knew them.
Joseph's brothers
bought wheat and went
back home.

Joseph's brothers
also came to Egypt to
buy grain. They did not
recognize Joseph, but
Joseph recognized
them.
The brothers bought
grain and then
went back
home.
 After a while, they had to
return to Egypt.
When they returned, Joseph
said to his brothers, "I am
Joseph, the brother you sold to
the Egyptians.
His brothers were so
frightened to see him alive that
they could not answer him.

After some time, the

brothers returned to Egypt.
This time, Joseph told
them, "I am Joseph, your
brother, who you sold to the
Egyptians."
The brothers were so
surprised that they did not
know what to say!
 Then Joseph said to them,
"Don't worry. God sent me
here before you, to save you in
a wonderful way.
Jacob, Joseph and the
brothers were gathered to
Egypt and the whole family
lived there in peace and plenty.

Joseph then told them,

"Don't be afraid. God sent me
here ahead of you to save you
in a wonderful way."
Jacob, Joseph and the
brothers were reunited in
Egypt. Jacob, Joseph's
brothers and their families
moved to Egypt and lived
there in peace and
abundance.
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