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NOW Joseph, commending all his affairs to God, did not betake himself
to make his defense, nor to give an account of the exact circumstances
of the fact, but silently underwent the bonds and the distress he was in,
firmly believing that God, who knew the cause of his affliction, and the
truth of the fact, would be more powerful than those that inflicted the
punishments upon him : - a proof of whose providence he quickly received;
for the keeper of the prison taking notice of his care and fidelity in
the affairs he had set him about, and the dignity of his countenance, relaxed
his bonds, and thereby made his heavy calamity lighter, and more supportable
to him. He also permitted him to make use of a diet better than that of
the rest of the prisoners. Now, as his fellow prisoners, when their hard
labors were over, fell to discoursing one among another, as is usual in
such as are equal sufferers, and to inquire one of another what were the
occasions of their being condemned to a prison: among them the king's cupbearer,
and one that had been respected by him, was put in bonds, upon the king's
anger at him. This man was under the same bonds with Joseph, and grew more
familiar with him; and upon his observing that Joseph had a better understanding
than the rest had, he told him of a dream he had, and desired he would
interpret its meaning, complaining that, besides the afflictions he underwent
from the king, God did also add to him trouble from his dreams.
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