Faster!
Augh!
Faster slaves!
Know this, that for 400
years your descendants
will be strangers in a
country that is not their own.
There, they will be
enslaved and mistreated.
But, I will punish the
nation they serve as slaves
and afterward...
they will come out
with great possessions.
Are you alright, Abraham?
Another dream?
Yes, Sara
- but this time...
one that amazes me.
God has spoken to me.
"Look up at the sky
and count the stars-
if indeed you can count them"
He said to me.
"For so shall
your offspring be."
But... how is that possible?
We've been childless
all our time together.
I do not know.
I have no doubt that God will
fulfill His promise but how ...
I have no idea.
None whatsover.
It's... It's beautiful, father!
I thought you'd like it!
Your father wanted to
make sure it was special.
What do you think, Benjamin?
Do you like your brother
Joseph's new coat?
How do I look?
You're my son!
You look handsome...
just like your father!
Can I go show my brothers?
Well, you know they're
busy tending to the flocks
and you need to tend
to your work, Joseph.
Just for a little while.
Please, father!
Get back before supper!
You can never say
no to Joseph can you?
Is it that obvious?
Is it obvious?!
Your mother would have
been so proud of him...
Come along, little sheep.
Let's go find your shepherds.
Aha! The negligent shepherds!
Here he comes....
Father's favorite!
What does he want?
Hello brothers ...
I bring you some strays
which would have not wandered
from the folds had their
shepherds been doing their jobs!
Oh leave us alone!
So we took a nap!
I guess that's what old men do!
No- that's what
working men do-
not that you know
anything about that!
And what's this?
Like it?
Let me guess-
Father!
Father had it made for me.
What do you think?
What do I think?
I think-
- that we'd best
get back to work.
That's what I think.
Don't you, Simeon?
Let's go, Judah!
Why are they always so
angry with me, Reuben?
Did you have to wear that?
It's new! A gift from father!
Exactly.
I like it. And besides...
Is it my fault that
I'm his favorite?
What?
Just make yourself useful and
tend to that part of the flock.
There?
There!
But.. why can't I be over
there with the others?
Why do i have...
JOSEPH!
Just do as I say!
For your own sake!
Why do they always
push me aside?
You don't do enough!
You don't work nearly
as hard as we do!
I work just as much as they do!
I work just as hard.
Ow! What was that for?
Sleeping on the job?
Just a little doze.
Oh really?
Simeon! Judah!
Come!
It's about time we go back!
Come, dreamer!
Before it gets too late.
You shouldn't be so hard on him.
He's spoiled!
He's the youngest.
No. Benjamin is the youngest
and he's a baby... but Joseph!
Father treats him like one.
Wait!
Wait for me!
You of all of us should
be the most upset, Reuben.
You're the eldest... yet father
favors that one above you.
Above all of us!
He doesn't.
I- I had a dream.
Don't ignore the facts.
Did you see that coat!? I-
Enough!
He thinks himself
better than us! He thinks-
Joseph is our brother.
That's all that matters...
and this, this has
been a long day.
Can we not walk back in peace?
He's young... that's all.
I had a dream!
You fell asleep
- now you know how that can
happen.
A most amazing dream!
And I figure you're going
to tell us all about it.
We were binding sheaves...
"We"? In that case it
could only be a dream.
No- uh...listen ....
we were binding sheaves ...
... in a field.
And... my sheaf arose and ...
and it stood upright!
And then your sheaves...
they came and
stood round about...
and bowed down to my sheaf.
It was so vivid!
No. That was vivid!
Simeon!
It's not enough that we
work harder than you...
now you're to reign over us?
Umph....
But it was so real.
Oh, Joseph...
Umph....
What did you do that for?
Oh look... You must have
interpreted
the dream wrong, little brother.
It is you who are
bowing down to us!
Yes! Kiss my feet!
Stop!
Let Go!
Stop that!
Come on seer!
Tell us---
who shoved you?
Yes tell us!
Stop!
Oh careful with the coat!
Will it tear?
Careful!
So we will bow down to you?
Is that what you said?
I'd have to be nearly dead
before
I bow down to you- you little-
Stop! STOP!
What is the matter with you?
What is this all about?
It's this... this dreamer!
This spoiled son of yours.
Silence!
Now what...
what has Joseph done?
Done...?
Besides the fact that he does
hardly anything to help us,
he has the audacity to say
that he is better than us!
That we are to bow down to him.
To bow down?
That's what he said.
What?
It was a dream.
That we would bow down to him.
I said silence!
Now, let him speak.
I had a dream.
A dream...?
This is all because
you had a dream.
A young boy has one dream and-
There were two dreams.
... the sun, and the moon,
and the stars, were
bowing down to me.
OUT! EVERYONE OUT!
Not you!
Now, what is this
dream you have had?
Father, I-
Will all of us come and bow
down on the ground before you???
I-
Father! Father!
Well, at least one good
thing will come of this.
What's that?
At least we can't be accused of
being
the only ones sleeping on the job!
He said what???
You heard me!
You are to tend the flock
- not neglect it!
So now he's spying on us!
Joseph is doing what I asked him
to
which is more than I
can say for some of you.
But, how do you think he had his
dreams if he wasn't asleep
himself!
This has nothing
to do with Joseph!
He's only a boy!
I am talking to you!
You know better!
I do not want to hear about
you neglecting your work again.
Especially as you
go on this trip.
Am I understood?
But-
Am I understood?
Yes.
Perhaps it's a good time for all
of you to be away for a few
days.
Perhaps you're right, father.
Now off with you...
...and may God watch
over all of you.
Let's move! Good bye father!
Where are they going to?
Shechem.
Then I will go them...
I'll get my things.
No, no, no, no...
for now, it is better if
you remain here with me.
But-
Now come! There
is work to be done.
So he stays here in his comfort
while we go away from our
families.
If it could only be the
other way around...Joseph gone.
That would be sheer bliss but...
there's no way.
Perhaps there is...
How?
I don't know... but
we have long journey...
and a good amount of
time to think about it.
And the stairway reached from
the
ground all the way up to heaven...
...and the angels of God were
ascending and descending on it.
And high, high above standing
magnificently, was the Lord.
Ohhhhhh....
And He said to me,
"I am the God of your father
Abraham and the God of Isaac.
I will give you and your
descendants
the land on which you are lying,
and your seed will be
as the dust of the earth
to the west and east
and north and south
and in you will all the
nations of the earth be blessed.
And behold, I am with you...
... and I will keep you in
all the places that you go,
and I will bring you
again into this land,
for I will not leave you until
I have done that which I have...
...spoken unto you.
And then, I woke up and said,
Surely the Lord
is in this place...
... and I did not know it!
You know it by heart!
It is one of my
favorite stories!
And mine as well.
Such a beautiful dream.
Which reminds me...
it's about time for this
old man to dream some more.
Blessings to you this evening.
A good rest to you.
I will help you to
your tent, father.
I couldn't help but notice...
is something troubling you?
I was thinking
about your brothers.
They have been gone a while.
You're worried about them.
You're a young man.
One day you will understand that
a father never stops worrying.
Then let me go and
see how they are.
No, no.
Why? I'm old enough to go.
I need you here.
You have plenty of help father.
I want you here.
I can go and be back
within a few days.
It'll put you at ease and I
- I will do my best
to get along with them.
That would put me
at ease as well.
I'll leave before sunrise.
I'll get things together now.
Don't worry father.
Joseph.
I-I don't know what I would
do if anything happened to you.
Don't worry, father.
I will be very careful and I
will see you again very soon.
I hate this place.
I can't wait to go home.
I miss everyone...
well... almost everyone.
Still bitter about
our brother Joseph?
I can't stop thinking
about the way father
still stood up for him after
his dreams of greatness.
The dreams were dishonoring to
father
and insulting to each one of us!
Put it in the past, Simeon.
It was humiliating!
The only good thing about being
here
is not having to see his smug face.
Then you're in for
a very bad time.
Huh?
Oh no!
What? What is he doing here?
Spying on us again no doubt!
I can hear him now,
"They were lazy! They were idle!
They-"
What I would do to
put an end to that!
Wouldn't that be great!
I'm with you.
What would you do?
What do you mean?
I have a plan.
Brothers.
What are you suggesting?
We get rid of the
pest once and for all.
Now you're the dreamer!
Well why not?
He's a thorn in your
side as well as mine!
Simeon's right.
Why not?
Because he's our brother!
Our father's son!
Because what you are
suggesting is m*rder.
Sin!
Righteous Reuben.
You know in your heart
you'd never miss him.
I know in my heart
it wouldn't be right.
Well we have no problem
with such matters, right?
Yeah, let's get rid of him now.
It'll be quick.
No!
Fine, teach him a lesson
but don't shed any blood!
Do you realize
what you are saying?
He's our brother!
Half-brother!
Our brother
none-the-less!
I can't even believe
you're suggesting this.
And what do you suggest then?
Listen to me.
Brothers! It's good to see you!
Father sends-
Do not worry!
I will get you out and back to
father just as soon as I can!
Wha-?
Grab him now!
No!
Look. That one there.
It's the deepest.
Let me go!
Stop it! NO!
Augghhhh....
Let's hope that sinks in!
Oh and look what he forgot?
That should keep him
quiet for a while!
I'm heading into the city.
Don't keep him
in there too long.
Don't ruin this, Reuben.
Let us at least
enjoy it for a while.
You heard me.
Please! Get me out!
Wait till father
hears about this.
You'd better not
have ripped my coat!
Will he never shut up!?
Well, Reuben's not
here now, is he?
We have enough time to do the
job
before he gets back from the city.
WAIT TILL I GET HOME!
WAIT TILL I TELL FATHER!
Let's get rid of him.
Let's get it over with!
Yes! Come on!
Let's shut him up!
Wait!
I've been thinking about
it and ...Reuben's right.
What do you mean?
You were in agreement, Judah!
You had no qualms
about it before.
Let's do it now!
Just listen to me.
What do we really gain
if we spill his blood?
Think about it!
He is our brother after all-
do we really want his
blood on our hands.
Can you face father knowing you
have taken the life of his son?
Well can you?
That's what I thought.
I can't either.
So that's it?
We do nothing?
Big talkers you are.
I say we get rid of our
problem once and for all!
No.
What?
We get rid of him...
but we shed no blood.
And how do you intend
to do that? I say we-
Come with me!
What? Where're they going?
JUDAH! SIMEON!
Finally! Simeon must
be coming for me.
What are you doing?
Who are these people?
A team of Ishmaelite traders.
Now let's bring up the dreamer!
Put it around your waist!
And I'm supposed to
get along with them?
How could you keep me
down there for so long?
Tie him up!
What? Who are you?
Hurry it up!
We've a few hours
of travel still.
What's going on?
Judah? Levi! Simeon!
Let go of me-
He's a feisty one!
Here!
just as we agreed.
Fine.
It can't be...
You sold me?
YOU SOLD ME?
Come on...
But you're my brothers!
How could you?
Move!
Easy! That's how!
Farewell, dreamer!
No...NO!
No!
No! Father!
You haven't taken him out yet?
Joseph!
JOSEPH?
Reuben.
Empty...!?
Where is he?
What have you done with him?
What we should have
done long ago. Here.
The dreamer is gone.
And this is your
portion, brother.
What?
What do you mean?
What did you do with Joseph?
Sold him.
What?
To Ishmaelite traders.
He's long gone, Reuben
- and we are the better for it!
How could you?
Our own brother?
HOW COULD YOU?
What will we tell father?
Calm down.
We've devised a plan.
No! No, it cannot be!
It is my son's robe.
Joseph's robe!
A vicious animal
has devoured him!
Joseph! My son!
Joseph is dead!
My son... is dead.
My son... is dead.
I trust your time in the
temple was of benefit, my lord?
If not for me, it
was for the priests!
Every visit they ask
me for more money!
As if the gods were
in need of our wealth.
Where to now?
The sl*ve market, my lord.
Your fields need tending to
and we are in need of more help.
Fine! I leave a portion
of my wealth to the temple
and now I share it with
the idiot sl*ve traders!
MOVE!
As you can see oh great one,
we have an ample variety of
fine specimens to chose from.
For example this Nubian, strong,
young, he could last you 20
years!
Maybe more!
And this one, well,
perhaps a year or two...
but he's got some
life in him yet!
And...
...but wait! You are leaving?
But that cannot be?
Surely you have not seen-
Ahhhh! I knew you
would find something!
No one who comes to me
ever goes away empty handed!
This one. Where is he from?
An excellent choice, great one!
You are so wise, indeed!
JUST TELL ME WHERE HE'S FROM!
Oh, uh...
I am a Hebrew from Canaan.
My name is Joseph, son of Jacob.
And I am not a sl*ve.
You dare speak to the
captain of the guard that way?
I'll have you
skinned alive you-
Enough!
This one.
Master. I ...this
one could be trouble.
You aren't saying I'm a poor
judge of character, are you?
Certainly not, my lord.
After all, I bought you and you
turned
out to be quite beneficial to me.
Thank you, master.
And just because a man speaks
up doesn't mean he's trouble.
Sometimes a wild horse just
needs to be taught submission!
I'll take him!
And that one... and
that one over there.
Wonderful! Such
wise choices, sir...
such wise choices!
Move it!
Against the wall!
These are the new ones!
Get them washed, groomed
and ready for work!
Oh... and be careful
with this one.
He insists he's not a sl*ve!
I do hope the quarters
are to your liking, sir?
He's never been the same.
You got rid of Joseph, but
we've also lost our father.
Lower your voice!
And don't think you weren't
part of this whole thing!
You're the only one who
can bring joy to him now.
Master? Mistress.
Come little one!
And how is my son today?
Why?
Why am I here, God?
Why am I here?
The new slaves, were
they a good purchase?
Very good, master.
There has been
no trouble so far.
Hard-working I see...
I see our Hebrew was
not a bad decision!
Hardly a peep from him.
Never says a word.
He does work
hard I must say---
though mostly out of
resentment, I think.
Water!
So what got you here?
Did you have a debt
with the traders?
Or were you sold by your
former master, perhaps?
No. Nothing like that.
Then what?
How did you get into this mess?
NOTHING! I did absolutely
nothing to deserve this!
I don't deserve any of this!
Well, aren't you a proud one.
Is it my fault that
I'm his favorite?
Back to work!
I said, BACK TO WORK!
Huh...?
Uh... yes, sir.
My pride.
I-I think it was my
pride that got me here.
Only the living God knows
all the reasons why...
but perhaps He intends me
to learn to be humble and...
to trust Him completely.
At the end of the day,
it hardly matters why
any of us are here.
It's a hopeless
situation for us all.
I'm not certain about that.
This afternoon, when we
were out in the fields,
I recalled a story my
father often told me.
A story about a stairway...
that reached all the
way from the earth...
And the stairway reached from
the
ground all the way up to heaven...
...and the angels of God were
ascending and descending on it.
And high, high above...
was the Lord.
I was not aware that God was in
that place, my father told me.
Perhaps I am not
as alone as I feel.
Perhaps -
perhaps, I am not alone at all.
Something is not working.
I have followed
the plans precisely.
Yet something is wrong.
Like I said-
Forgive me, my lord.
If I may?
I suppose you have
something to add?
If I may, my lord?
By all means-
Here-
- the ditch is indicated here
and requires 14 bricks in order
to -
You know letters?
I do, my lord.
You can read?
And write.
Well, I-
Tell on!
Here... it indicates....
He knows letters,
you said so yourself.
Yes but-
And he is behaving well.
You've had no problems with him.
None but-
And he is responsible.
The best we have, master but-
He knows letters,
he's a responsible man,
a religious man, he
causes no problems...
I want him to oversee the
household and all I own.
He shall work with me
directly starting today.
My lord.
Mistress!
Who is this wonderful sl*ve my
husband
tells me is to oversee the household?
His name is Joseph, mistress.
He is that one.
My lord. Mistress.
Very well, let's see if he's all
my husband makes him out to be.
Mistress.
Is the master gone?
Yes, mistress.
He has just now gone.
Is there something
I can help you with?
Perhaps.
I am here to serve you.
Are you?
Yes, mistress ...
I serve the master
and you, his wife.
Do you?
Do you serve me, Joseph?
I do.
Then come...
Come with me!
Mistress... I-
Come be with me, Joseph
What?
You heard me.
No!
No?
My master trusts me with
everything in his power and I-
I have behaved myself
worthy of that trust.
He doesn't have to know.
How can you ask me to do such
great
wickedness and sin against God?
Sin against God?
I- I must go.
Run Joseph. But don't you
know I always get my way?
I always get my way.
Do not worry, master.
I will have the documents
ready upon your return.
I have no doubt
about that, Joseph.
And I know better than to worry
knowing you will take care of
it.
You have made my
life that much easier.
Make sure the urns are
placed in storage and you...
You have ignored
me for far too long.
Mistress!
You have assigned work to all
the servants... how convenient.
No one is inside the house.
Come with me.
Mistress, no!
Are you ordering me?
I- I will not do this evil.
You will do as I say!
Mistress, please...
Come with me!
Mistress...
I said-
No!
Come!
How dare you
humiliate me this way!
How dare you...
HELP ME! HELP!
My dear!
Husband!
What is it?
What has happened?
That sl*ve!
sl*ve?
He... he...oh I cannot
even bear to say it!
What did he do?
He forced himself upon me-
What?
He tried to take
advantage of me.
I-I fought and fought
as best I could...
finally I screamed for
help and he ran away.
Who would do such a thing?
Who in my household WOULD
DARE DO SUCH A THING.
That sl*ve whose garment this
is!
Joseph?
When I screamed, he ran
away, leaving it behind.
WELL!?
What are you going
to do about it?
But... Joseph?
Are you certain?
Do you make me out to be a liar?
Your wife has been humiliated by
this
- this sl*ve!
What will others think if
you do nothing about it?
Bring me Joseph.
YES! BRING THAT NO
GOOD HEBREW sl*ve!
Aaauuuggghhh!
Oh God...I have been
twice betrayed...
...twice enslaved.
Remember me in this pit
wherein I have been cast!
Please!
...and I have been
notified that two new
unfortunates are to
be brought here today:
Pharaoh's cupbearer
and his baker.
Find some hole for them.
If they cause any trouble,
handle it in the usual way.
You've been here long
enough to know what to do.
What was their crime?
Pharaoh was offended.
That's crime enough.
I know it's been misery
for you to be here
all these months but your
presence has been a blessing to
me.
If I have been a blessing
it is only because of my God.
Bring them in.
Tend to them.
Please, I haven't done anything!
Please!
Let me out! Let me out!
Maybe... maybe it doesn't
mean anything.
Of course it does!
Both of us
- the same night?
Besides, my dream was too
vivid not to mean anything.
If I close my eyes... it's
like I'm there all over again.
You too?
Yes. I can't get it
out of my mind either!
Get what off your mind?
You both look a
little out of sorts.
What is it?
Besides the fact that
we're here, you mean?
I thought I'd ask.
Dreams! We both had
very vivid dreams!
Ah, that!
Well I am certain they
must mean something.
If we only had someone
to interpret them.
The Pharaoh's magicians...
I had a friend that-
Don't interpretations
belong to God?
Tell me these dreams.
Come now.
Tell me.
There was a vine
- right in front of me.
And on the vine there
were three branches.
Now just as soon as it budded,
it blossomed and it's
clusters became grapes.
Pharaoh's cup was in my
hand and I took the grapes
and squeezed them into
Pharaoh's cup and then...
I placed the cup in his hand.
I knew it!
I should have kept this to my-
The three branches
are three days.
Within three days, Pharaoh will
lift your head and place you
back in your position and you
will
put Pharaoh's cup in his hand -
- just as you used to do.
Yes.. yes!
Yes, it makes perfect sense.
I can see that happening.
The Pharaoh has
changed his mind before!
Oh! What joy!
But when all this happens
and it goes well with you,
will you do something for me?
Anything!
I am a Hebrew and I was taken
away from
my family by force and made a sl*ve.
Even here, I have done nothing
to
deserve being placed in a dungeon.
When you are reinstated and in
his
presence speak to Pharaoh for me-
- and get me out of this place.
Please. Please.
When I am released, I will
do as you have asked of me.
And what about me?
What about my dream? You need
to interpret mine as well!
Very well.
Well, on my head were
three baskets of bread.
In the top basket were all
kinds of bakery for Pharaoh
but the birds came and began
eating out of the basket
- the one on my head!
Well?
The three baskets
are three days.
I knew it! I knew it!
Just like you!
So in three days I
will also be released?
Oh I can hardly wait!
I can almost taste the-
No.
Uh.. What did you say?
Within three days Pharaoh
will... lift off your head,
and will hang you on a tree and
the birds will eat your flesh.
What?... NO! NO!
You can't be telling the truth!
You're no magician!
You're just a sl*ve!
You could be wrong!
You don't know what
you're talking about!
I can't believe it!
No! No! NO!
Stop pacing. Please!
It's been three days since
Joseph interpreted our dreams!
Don't you think I know that?
Well it's very easy
for you to be calm.
But maybe... maybe he was wrong.
He could very easily have been.
Shhh! Listen.
Here!
What do you want?
I'll take the cupbearer!
You take the other one.
No! Get away from me!
Leave me alone!
Get away!
Get away from me!
Come with us!
Where... where
are you taking me?
...to the kitchens?
Has Pharaoh forgiven me?
Where... where are we going?
Well has he?
Pharaoh requests your presence.
And me? Does Pharaoh
want to see me...?
Doesn't he want to see me?
You know where to take that one.
No... where are you taking me?
No.... NO!
I will not forget
your kindness to me.
Be at peace for I
will not forget you.
Still faithful to your God
after all this time?
He has not abandoned me.
What do you mean?
You're still a prisoner
in this filthy cell.
Even the cupbearer has forgotten
you
- it's been what...
Two years.
He's forgotten you.
But not God.
With God, silence
is not absence.
He knows exactly where I am.
He knows exactly where
and I will trust in Him.
Auuuughhhhh.....
What do you mean you
have no interpretation?
Are you not the wisest
of all my counselors?
And you, magicians, you say
you can interpret the stars...
Y-y-yes, O
mighty one!
And can you not discern
the dreams of your master?
Well, I- I uh...
OUT! ALL OF YOU! OUT!
I should have you
all put to death!
Fools!
I am surrounded by FOOLS!
Leave me!
If.. If I may speak.
I ordered you to go!
A thousand pardons,
O Great One -
but I-I believe I have the
solution to end your concern!
For your sake,
I hope you do!
Auughhhh....
SPEAK!
Today I am reminded
of my shortcomings.
Two years past,
Pharaoh being uh...
angry with his servants
imprisoned me and his chief
baker.
I have no
recollection but go on!
B-b-both of us had
dreams the same night...
...which being unable to
interpret
ourselves, terribly distressed us.
And?
There was a y-y-young Hebrew, a
servant of the captain of the
guard-
when we told him our dreams-
- he interpreted them and things
turned
out exactly as he said they would.
That man, O Great One-
- that man can
interpret your dreams.
I had a dream.
And no one can interpret it.
But I hear it said that
you would interpret it.
Is that right?
No.
I cannot interpret your dream
- but God can.
God will give Pharaoh
the answer he seeks.
Tell your servant the dream.
I was standing on the
bank of the Nile...
...when out of the
river seven cows,
fat and sleek came up and
they grazed among the reeds.
After them, seven other cows
came
up ill-looking, very ugly and lean.
I had never seen such
cows in all of Egypt.
Then the lean cows ate up the
seven fat cows that came up
first.
Yet, even after doing so, they
looked
just as lean and despicable as before.
The I- I woke up!
and.. I dreamed yet again.
This time I dreamt of
seven heads of grain...
...full and good,
growing on a single stalk.
After them, seven
other heads sprouted...
withered and thin and
scorched by the east wind.
The thin heads of grain
swallowed up the seven good
heads.
... I told this to the
magicians and wise men.
None of them could
interpret the dreams for me.
Pharaoh's dreams are
both one and the same-
and God has revealed to
Pharaoh what He is about to do.
The seven good cows
are seven years,
and the seven good heads
of grain are seven years;
it is one and the same dream.
The seven lean, ugly cows that
came up afterward are seven
years,
and so are the seven worthless
heads
of grain scorched by the east wind:
They are seven years of famine.
It is just as I said to Pharaoh:
God has shown Pharaoh
what he is about to do.
Seven years of
great abundance will
come throughout the
land of Egypt, but...
...seven years of
famine will follow.
The abundance in the land
will not be remembered,
because the famine that
follows it will be so severe.
The reason the dream was
given to Pharaoh in two forms
is that the matter has
been firmly decided by God,
and God will do it soon.
Then... we are destined
for devastation.
What are we to do?
...let Pharaoh choose
a discerning and
wise man and place
him over all the land.
Let Pharaoh appoint
commissioners
over the land to take a fifth
of the harvest of Egypt during
the seven years of abundance.
They should collect all the
food of these good years that
are
coming and store up the grain
under the authority of Pharaoh,
to be kept in the
cities for food.
This food should be held
in reserve for the country,
to be used during the seven
years
of famine that will come upon Egypt,
so that the country may
not be ruined by the famine.
Can we find anyone like this man
in whom the Spirit of God
resides?
Yes Pharaoh, he
does speak well but-
... where will we find such a
man as
he describes to be over all of Egypt.
We already have.
Since God has made
this known to you,
there is no one so
discerning and wise as you.
You shall be in
charge of my palace,
and all my people are
to submit to your orders.
Only with respect to the throne
will I be greater than you.
I am Pharaoh but
without your word no one
will be able to lift
hand or foot in all Egypt.
Your name shall be
Zaphenath-paneah
and I shall give you Asenath,
daughter of Potiphera
to be your wife.
Now go and do as you
yourself have counseled.
Zaphenath-paneah!
Zaphenath-paneah!
Zaphenath-paneah!
The famine has begun.
Open the storehouses and prepare
to
sell the grain that we have stored.
Our people need to be spared.
Yes, my lord!
OPEN THE STOREHOUSES!
OPEN THE STOREHOUSES!
I've been thinking.
Perhaps God has preserved
me for such a time as this.
He has indeed
blessed you, husband.
Indeed.
In more ways than I
could have imagined!
Not to mention
these two blessings!
Ephraim: which reminds
me that God has made
me fruitful in the
land of my suffering.
And, Manasseh:
because God has made me
forget all my trouble
and my father's household.
What is it?
What is wrong?
We are from Canaan, and have
heard of your bountiful
supply...
Zaphenath-paneah! MY LORD!
It is the Lord of the land.
Quickly. On your knees!
Who are you and where
do you come from?
Lord, we are shepherds,
from the land of Canaan.
We have come here to buy food.
You are spies.
What did he say?
Pardon?
You are spies!
You have come here to see where
our land
is unprotected in order to att*ck us!
No, my lord. We are not spies.
Y-your servants have come only
to buy food ... for our
families.
The famine has been difficult-
we are honest men ... not spies.
You lie!
My lord! I
- I tell you we are 12 brothers,
the sons of one man
who resides in Canaan.
The youngest has remained
with our father and one is...
... one is dead, my lord.
I tell you.
You are spies! SPIES!
My lord! No!
We are telling the truth!
Lock them up!
All of them!
NOW!
My Lord!
Take them away!
Dead?
Lord please, No!
How can this be?
Let us out!
Let us out, please!
Please let us out!
We're innocent! Innocent!
Master...
Yes.
Master, it's been three days.
Fine.
Let's see if we can trust them.
Someone's coming!...
My lord!
My lord this is an injustice!
We have only come to buy food.
SILENCE!
Do this and you will live.
Is the threatening our lives?
Quiet!
...for I fear God.
If you are who you say you are,
let one of you
remain here in prison.
... while the rest of you go and
take grain to your households.
But-
... you must return with
your younger brother.
Benjamin?
No.
This will prove that you are
telling the truth and as such-
you will not die.
Decide which one
of you will remain!
Forgive us! Forgive us!
This has to be a punishment
because of what we did to
Joseph!
It has to be!
Quiet!
I don't want to hear this!
You have to.
God is punishing us!
We are doomed!
Didn't I tell you not to
sin against our brother?
Didn't I?
But no... you wouldn't listen!
Now look at us!
God is holding us
accountable for his blood!
YOU!
You will remain.
Simeon? NO!
Let me go!
Simeon!
Reuben, do something.
No!
NO!
We'll return for you Simeon!
We'll return!
The rest of you
- GO!
NOW!
Get your things
- quickly!
Quickly.
Let's go!
Your sons!
They have arrived.
Yes, yes!
Oh what joy!
Simeon!
Where is he?
What has happened to him?
...and he bound our brother
Simeon and took him from us but
sent us on our way with
provisions.
And if our hearts were not heavy
enough with our brother's
imprisonment,
when we stopped
for the night and...
... opened the sacks
to feed our donkeys.
My silver! It's in the sack!
Mine, too.
As is mine.
And mine.
What is this that
God has done to us? What?
All of us...
we found that the silver
we had paid for the grain-
was back in our possession!
The Egyptian will think you are
thieves! Simeon! He will be
kille-
There is yet a way.
In order to prove our honesty,
the man who is lord over the
land
told us to return to Egypt with-
What? With what?
What does he want?
...with our youngest brother.
Benjamin?
Let us go back to
Egypt with Benjamin
and come back to you
with Simeon as well.
No... NO!
It is the only way, father.
NO!
It is the only way-
My son Joseph is dead and you
would take
his brother Benjamin from me as well!?
Father-
Do you wish to k*ll me?
DO YOU ALL WISH TO k*ll ME?
Benjamin will not
go! He will not!
He will not!
This bread will
help you on your way.
It's all we have.
Do not worry, father.
I-I trust to see
you soon, my son.
My prayers go with you.
We're ready.
Why did you tell them
you had a younger brother?
We simply answered
his questions.
How were we to know the man
would ask us to bring him?
If I don't bring him back to you
I will
bear the responsibility all my life.
It's just that-
Please, father.
We need to go.
We could have gone and come back
twice already if we had left
weeks ago.
You have the gifts for
the lord of the land?
Honey, spices... yes.
Everything you asked us to take.
And double the amount of
silver you found in your sacks.
Yes.
Perhaps... perhaps it was
a mistake on their part.
Do you have-
Everything, father.
We have everything
we need to take.
Then there's nothing
left to do but...
to say goodbye.
Go.
And may God grant you mercy
before the lord of the land that
he will let your brother and
Benjamin come back with you.
Goodbye Father!
I will see you soon!
As for me, if I am bereaved ...
I am bereaved.
Look at that building!
And that one there!
Looks like Benjamin's
enjoying himself.
I've never seen
anything like this.
There they are!
Quickly....
Apprehend them! Now.
Reuben... Judah...
what's happening?
Calm down.
Come with us!
What's the meaning of this?
Why are you-
Stay close to me.
Where are they taking us?
What is this place?
It is the residence of
the lord of the land.
How could we possibly
explain to him? ...
I- I fear we will end up his
slaves.
Be calm!
But surely-
I said be calm!
I...we have to do something!
My lord!
Judah! JUDAH STOP!
Please...sir!
Let me explain!
We are honest men!
On our journey home
we opened our sacks to
discover the silver we
had paid for our provisions-
but--- you
must believe us-
we have no idea
how it got there.
Do not-
We have brought back the silver
and additional money to buy more
grain.
Do not worry.
Do not be afraid.
Perhaps the God of your father
placed that treasure in your
sacks.
As for my part, I
received your payment.
Do not be afraid.
Brothers! Oh brothers!
Simeon!
Simeon?
Is that Simeon!
Now come... come!
Wash and make ready
for my lord has heard
of your arrival and
wishes to greet you...
And how is your father?
Bow your head.
Your servant, our father,
is alive and well, my lord.
He has sent you gifts.
And this is your younger
brother,
the one you told me about?
God be gracious to you my-
Serve the food!
What happened?
Why did he do that?
Did... did I do something wrong?
Benjamin!
My brother, Benjamin.
No. You will sit
in this order...
You here.
You there.
You over here.
How is this possible?
The seating arrangements.
We are being seated by
the order or our birth.
How is it possible?
My lord shall sit apart for
Egyptians may not eat with
foreigners.
I...It's been so long since
I've seen this much food!
How could you keep me
down there for so long?
Tie him up!
twenty shekels of silver...
Fine.
You sold me? You SOLD me!
Come on!
You are my brothers!
Are they gone?
Yes, my lord.
They have bought
grain and left at dawn.
And you have done
as I asked you.
I have.
Then send the guard after them
at once
- and arrest them.
I can hardly wait to see father.
Meeting the lord of the land's
demands has certainly paid off.
We shall be able to
buy grain in peace and-
What is it?
Move out of the
way-let them pass.
They seem to be in a hurry.
What is this?
What are you doing?
What is this you have done,
repaying good with evil?
What? We have done nothing.
You have taken my
master's silver cup-
stolen it right out
of his own house!
We have done no
such thing, my lord!
Far be it from us!
Why should we take any
such thing from you?
Look for yourself!
If anyone of us has it,
let him be put to death and we
will remain your servants for
life!
Go ahead and look.
No!
What?
It's not possible.
No!
But... I didn't!
I would never do that!
I didn't steal it!
You know that!
Take them back!
This can't be!
Please there must
be some mistake!
What have you done?
Wh-what can we say?
We don't know how
the cup got there but-
how can we prove our innocence?
God has punished us!
We have nothing left to
do but to be your slaves!
No.
Only the man who had
the cup will be my sl*ve.
Benjamin?
No ... not Benjamin!
Oh my lord...
my lord, I beg you...
I beg you!
Keep me in the
place of my brother!
I- I will be your sl*ve!
Only please, let him and my
brothers return to my father...
Or else how could I
face him without his son?
I cannot bear to do so again!
Please... I beg you.
Keep me in his place!
Leave us!
All of you leave me with them!
Out! Quickly!
I-
am...
Joseph!
What?...
No...
Joseph?
Joseph?
Look at me!
But... It can't be!
Joseph?
Is he my brother, Joseph?
How can this be possible?
God have mercy on us!
What is it? Why are you
looking at him that way?
We should be rejoicing!
We-
I'm sorry!
Please...forgive me!
PLEASE!
What? Why???
Why are you sorry?
Oh God forgive us!
It was me! It was my fault!
I don't understand!
Come close to me.
Come! Come!
I am indeed Joseph
- the one you sold to sl*very.
Don't be distressed or angry
with
yourselves for selling me here...
...Don't be.
Joseph! Oh Joseph!
For two years there has been
famine in the land, and for
the next five years there
will be no plowing or reaping.
But God has sent me ahead of
you to preserve you a remnant
upon the earth and to save your
lives by so great a deliverance!
You intended to harm me, but God
intended it for good
to accomplish what you see now -
The saving of many lives!
So you see? Be at peace.
It was not you that sent me
here,
but God.
Forgive me!
...and me!
Joseph! Joseph!
My brother Joseph!
Thank you, Joseph.
You shall live in the region
of Goshen and be near me-
you, your children
and grandchildren,
your flocks and herds
and all that you have.
God has provided a place
for you, just as He promised.
At Joseph's beckoning, Jacob and
his
descendants settled in Egypt where they
grew in number as the stars in
the
sky, just as God had promised Abraham.
Four hundred years later,
God who raised up Joseph
to deliver his family
from the famine,
raised up Moses to deliver
their descendants from Egypt.
When these two million
people left Egypt,
they took with them
the bones of Joseph,
to be buried in the land
God had promised them.
Fourteen hundred years later,
God sent the ultimate Savior,
Jesus Christ, His Son,
to make a way of deliverance
for all people from the sl*very
of sin.
God has never left us alone.
For as Joseph and
his father learned,
and we are still learning today:
God is indeed in this
place, and we do not know it.
Joseph: Beloved Son, Rejected sl*ve, Exalted Ruler (2015)
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