If we were to compare the destiny of Joseph and the brothers since they had sold him, their paths could not have been more different. The brothers continued their business as free farmers, deciding what to do and when, where to go. They were part of the community, they had their living space (tent), families, children, their customs, entertainment, religion (to which they devoted only as much effort and heart as they wanted). They didn't have to feel alone, and within the possibilities of the world of that time, they simply didn't miss much.

On the other hand, Josef lacked everything - he was deprived of property, honor and rights, but also of the tribe, the family, his own tent. He found himself among strangers and lost any freedom of choice: as a slave, he did not decide himself. He could only live his  religion (which was strange for the Egyptians) on his own. But he remained faithful to it and lived it to the utmost, even though he again lost the little space of his own he had gained in Potiphar's house and earned imprisonment because of it.

What did he think about God and his dreams at that time? We know what the brothers thought of them: they were satisfied they had thwarted them. But what about Joseph - did he still believe that they would be fulfilled or did he push them deep into the subconscious and try to forget them? Did he feel abandoned and disappointed by God? Most likely, in the first place, he simply tried to overcome the difficulties in which he found himself as a slave and a prisoner. Scripture says "God was with him"; but would we like to be there with Josef too?

How the life of God's people goes beyond the imagination of anyone, and mostly themselves...