Joseph, for he could see no wrong in him, and he observed
that God was with him, in good days and in bad.
He even appointed him to be the overseer of the prison,
and as Joseph commanded, so the other prisoners were
obliged to do.[142]

For a long time the people talked of nothing but the
accusation raised against Joseph by his mistress. In
order to divert the attention of the public from him, God
ordained that two high officers, the chief butler and the
chief baker, should offend their lord, the king of Egypt, and
they were put in ward in the house of the captain of the
guard. Now the people ceased their talk about Joseph, and
spoke only of the scandal at court. The charges laid at the
door of the noble prisoners were that they had attempted to
do violence to the daughter of Pharaoh, and they had
conspired to poison the king himself. Besides, they had
shown themselves derelict in their service. In the wine
the chief butler had handed to the king to drink, a fly
had been discovered, and the bread set upon the royal
board by the chief baker contained a little pebble."[143] On
account of all these transgressions they were condemned to
death by Pharaoh, but for the sake of Joseph it was ordained
by Divine providence that the king should first detain
them in prison before he ordered their execution. The
Lord had enkindled the wrath of the king against his
servants only that the wish of Joseph for liberty might
be fulfilled, for they were the instruments of his deliverance
from prison, and though they were doomed to death, yet in
consideration of the exalted office they had held at court,