Genesis 40:5
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
The two prisoners were Pharaoh king of Egypt's chief butler and chief baker, who had offended him and had been cast into prison and placed under Joseph's special care, and their dreaming marks a turning point while Joseph was still confined himself. In one night both men dreamed, each man his own remarkable and distinct dream, and each dream had its own interpretation. The next morning both looked very sad, and they were anxious and troubled because they did not know what their dreams meant and had no one to interpret them. Joseph noticed their sadness and kindly asked why they looked so sad that day, declared that interpretations belong to God, and asked them to tell him their dreams.
The setting is Joseph himself held unjustly in gloomy prison under condemnation and reproach. Yet there he kept patience and hope and faith instead of becoming morose over his own condition, refused to turn his attention to himself or to close his heart against suffering humanity, and entered into the troubles of his fellow prisoners with kindly sympathy as a servant of servants. He carried his religion with him there, living in the fear of God with God's will as his ruling motive in prison just as it had been in prosperity.
His imprisonment humbled him without degrading him, proving that integrity and innocence and virtue can never be degraded. God was fitting him in the school of affliction for greater usefulness and was teaching him to govern himself.