In this video Dr Woodhead discusses Joseph being cast into prison due to Potiphar’s wife accusing him of sexual aggression. He spent about thirteen years in total with Potiphar and at least seven years in Pharaoh’s prison. Only one prison incident was important enough to be included in the Bible. The Lord was using his prison experiences as a time of preparation for the elevated level of leadership he had in store for Joseph. Joseph assumed the office of prime minister in Egypt at the age of thirty. David also became king of Israel at thirty (II Samuel 5: 4). The office of priest in Israel required the kohen (priest) to have reached the age of thirty (Numbers 4: 46-47). Finally the Lord Jesus began His ministry until when He reached the age of thirty
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