The additional two years in prison would have helped Joseph practice the humility and patience he would need to be a good ruler over Egypt.
BibleGateway: Genesis 41:1-40 ESV Text: Genesis 41:1-40 Genesis 41:1–40 (Listen) Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. 3 And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. 4 And the ugly, thin…