Nevertheless, for Joseph it suddenly all seems to become clear. Evidently, he is reflecting on how his dream long ago can be fulfilled through the ups and downs of his life.
A prophet speaks better than he knows, and it is not for nothing that the prophets studied their own prophecies to learn from them. When not exercising their gifts, they were normal fallible men, and not supermen. Their understanding of the meaning of prophecy was not guaranteed to be right, and they too must wait on the Lord to see how he is going to fulfil his word given through them. It is foolish therefore to limit the meaning of a prophecy to what the original human author could understand, for what matter is not his understanding which can be wrong, but that God intended to say through him.
Joseph had certainly been wronged, and he had lived with these wrongs and was well aware of them, but they had not made him bitter, resentful, or complaining. The unbeliever is likely to be made bitter by his trials, but the believer meets them with humility, and submits to the will of God, whether it brings good or evil. God knows what is needed in my life. He uses trials to further increase my faith.