BOYS OF THE BIBLE. 107

in the pit in Shechem’s vale, was not unmindful of Joseph in
the Egyptian prison, but was leading him by a right way to
a throne of usefulness and power.

The young dreamer found favor with the keeper of the
prison, and he was soon placed in a position of responsibility
and honor. While in this prison, the King’s butler and the
King’s baker were brought, charged with high crimes. They
each had a dream, which Joseph interpreted, and his inter-
pretation proved to be correct. The baker was hanged, but
the butler was released.

We are still in the land and the age of dreams. The
monarch on his throne and the slave in his tent by the
Nile, each had their dream. King Pharaoh had two remark-
able dreams. And this is what he dreamed:

“And it came to pass at the end of two full years that
Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. And
behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favored
kine and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, be-
hold, seven other kine came up after them out of the
river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other
kine upon the brink of the river. And the ill-favored and
lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat
kine. So Pharaoh awoke. And he slept and dreamed
the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came
up upon one stalk, rank and good. And, behold, seven
thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after
them. And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank
and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a
dream.

“And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was
troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of
Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them