00:00They sold him as a slave.
00:02He became second only to Pharaoh.
00:05This is Joseph, son of Jacob, whose name became Israel,
00:09the eleventh of twelve brothers who would become the twelve tribes of Israel.
00:14Betrayed by his own brothers at seventeen, sold to merchants, then sold again in Egypt.
00:20Falsely accused, thrown into prison, forgotten.
00:24But God was with him.
00:27In one day, everything changed.
00:30Pharaoh had a dream no one could explain until Joseph did.
00:36Pharaoh was the title for the king of Egypt.
00:38The Bible never records his personal name.
00:40He was the ruler of the most powerful kingdom on earth at that time.
00:45Pharaoh said,
00:46There is no one so discerning and wise as you.
00:50You shall be over my house.
00:52Genesis 41, verse 40.
00:54From pit to prison to palace.
00:58From slave to ruler of Egypt.
