Genesis 40-43

Joseph is now in prison for no reason:( He meets a cupbearer and a baker that both had dreams, and he could interpret them - the cupbearer gets his job back, and the baker gets hung. Of course they came true, and Joseph told the cupbearer to tell the Pharaoh about him and get him out of the prison, but the cupbearer forgot about him. UNTIL Pharaoh had nightmares and no one could interpret them. Then Joseph was brought to Pharaoh and told thus:

"In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile, when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds. After them, seven other cows came up—scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt. The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first. But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up. In my dreams I also saw 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, but none could explain it to me."
Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. 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."

Oh no! What to do? Joseph recommended to the king that he should find a wise man to oversee storing food during the good years, and guess what? He got the job. Things went great for the seven years of plenty, and during the bad years people came to buy food. So lah-dee-dah, business is good, then guess who shows up - Joseph's brothers. They don't recognize him, so he decides to have a little fun. "Where do you come from?"

"From the land of Canaan," they replied, "to buy food."
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."
"No, my lord," they answered. "Your servants have come to buy food. We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies."
"No!" he said to them. "You have come to see where our land is unprotected."
But they replied, "Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more."
Joseph said to them, "It is just as I told you: You are spies! And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here. Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"

But it turns out he just kept one in custody, and the rest went home for Benjamin. Jacob had a hard time letting Benny go to Egypt, but they needed the food. This time Joseph welcomed them, and held a feast - but Benjamin got 5 times as much food as everybody else.