Joseph

I was seventeen with a coat of light

Dreams that lifted me through the night

My brothers burned at what I'd say

They took my robe and sold me away

Down to Egypt, far from home

I learned to serve in a stranger's home

I kept the faith where I was thrown

In Potiphar's house I gained some trust

Then lies were told, iron and dust

Chains and a cell, the days ran long

But God was with me, He made me strong

Two men dreamed, I told it true

One forgot, till Pharaoh knew

What you meant for evil

God turned it for good

From pits and prisons

To where He said I would

What you meant for evil

Grace rewrote my name

To feed the hungry in the famine's flame

Pharaoh dreamed of years run dry

I spoke of grain beneath the sky

He set a ring upon my hand

Second to none in all the land

Barns were filled for seven years

Then hunger spread, so did our tears

Strangers bowed before my throne

But I knew the faces like my own

I tested hearts once hard as stone

Till Judah's love for Benjamin shone

I could not hold my secret in

I called them close and drew them in

What you meant for evil

God turned it for good

From pits and prisons

To where He said I would

What you meant for evil

Mercy held our line

A family mended in His time

I wept for all the years we lost

But found a hand above the cost

He placed me where the river runs

To save my father's distant sons

What you meant for evil

God turned it for good

He wrote our story

Further than we could

When famine roared, His kindness stood

He turned it, turned it, for our good

They knew me by another name: Joseph

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