Genesis 40: Forgotten But Not Forsaken

Somebody helped you, and you remembered forever. Somebody else helped you, and you forgot by Friday. Genesis 40 puts that tension right on the page, and we feel it through Joseph’s story in Pharaoh’s prison. We follow the moment two powerful men, the chief cupbearer and chief baker, land in the same cell block as Joseph and bring two unsettling dreams with them. Joseph doesn’t chase weird signs or act mystical. He serves, he listens, and he makes it clear that interpretation belongs to God, n...