On this week's episode Tim and Stephen discuss Genesis 41, where two full years after the butler forgot him, Joseph is brought out of the dungeon to interpret Pharaoh's twin dreams of cows and grain. They note how the dreams break into the carefully managed world of a god-king whose power rested on the predictable Nile, and how the butler's “I remember my faults this day” is a moment of repentance. God did not forget Joseph even when the butler did, and His “no” to Joseph's hope of going home made room for a far bigger plan than Joseph would have dared to ask for. Joseph boldly tells Pharaoh that interpretation belongs to God, then immediately offers practical counsel that isn't in the dream at all, the fruit of a lifetime of faithful preparation in Jacob's house, Potiphar's house and the prison. Stephen suggests Joseph may have been the one who treasured and collected the covenant stories of Genesis. The speakers close by reflecting on Pharaoh's command to “go to Joseph,” Joseph as a faithful second Adam ruling over all and blessing the nations, and how the names of his sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, show Joseph coming to peace with the role God gave him rather than the one he wanted for himself.