servant was released from the prison, and as he left, Joseph asked that
he might remember him when he came before the king, that he, too, might
be released. But the servant, when he was free, forgot the one who had
helped him when in trouble.

Two years passed away, and Joseph remained in prison, but he still
trusted in his God.

One night Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, was much troubled by his strange
dreams. He called together all of his wise men and magicians, to know
the interpretation of them, but none could tell the meaning. The king's
trouble became known to his servants, and suddenly the one who had been
in prison remembered Joseph, the man who had interpreted his own dream.
He quickly told the king, who ordered Joseph to be brought immediately
before him.

When Joseph stood before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, he humbly bowed his
head, and said: "The wisdom is not mine, but God in heaven shall tell
thee the interpretation of thy dreams." And Joseph spoke to the king as
God gave him wisdom, and told him the meaning of his dreams. And this
was the meaning:

There should be seven years of plenty in the land of Egypt, and after
that, seven years of famine throughout the land.

Then Joseph said: "Let Pharaoh, the king, choose a man, wise and
discreet, who will sow and gather the harvest for the seven years of
plenty, to fill the barns and storehouses with grain, so that when the
seven years of famine come there will be grain enough and to spare in
the land of Egypt."