Genesis 40
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Summary
While in pharaohs prison, Joseph meets the butler and the baker of the pharaoh. They both have dreams, and Joseph interprets the meaning of their dreams. Joseph tells them that the butler will be spared, but the baker will be killed. On the pharaoh's birthday, he has a celebration with his servants. He reinstates the butler to his former position, and he hangs the baker.
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Further Reading
Ryan C. Jenkins, “Quiet Slumber: Revelation through Dreams,” Religious Educator 12, no. 1 (2011): 73–89.
Joseph Fielding McConkie, “Joseph of Egypt: Joseph, Son of Jacob,” in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., ed. Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1992), 2:760–761.
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Albert Barnes (1834)
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