Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, From the moment we first meet Joseph as a 17-year-old youth until he stands before Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, 13 years later, he spends the vast majority of his time in captivity. First, his brothers throw him into a pit to die there of exposure. After a change of heart, they sell him to a band of Midianites who bring him to Egypt, where he is sold as a slave to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s ministers. After he shuns the advances of Potiphar’s wife, she accuses him of rape and he is sentenced to life in prison. According to the Talmud in Tractate Rosh Hashanah [11a], Joseph spends twelve years behind bars. Then one fine day, Pharaoh plucks him from prison in order to interpret his dreams. Joseph’s interpretation resonates, Pharaoh appoints him as his second in command, gives him a wife and a company car, and Joseph never sees another jail cell for the rest of his life.