Genesis 40

1 While these things were going on, it happened that two eunuchs, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt, and the miller of grain, offended their lord.

And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt, and the baker, had sinned against their lord the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh, being angry with them, (now the one was in charge of the cupbearers, the other of the millers of grain)

Then fell the wroth of Pharaoh upon his two courtiers, upon the chief of the butlers, and upon the chief of the bakers;

3 sent them to the prison of the leader of the military, in which Joseph also was a prisoner.

so he delivered them up into the ward of the house of the chief of the royal executioners, into the prison, —the place where Joseph was imprisoned.

4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, who ministered to them also. Some little time passed by, while they were held in custody.

And the chief of the royal executioners charged Joseph with them and he waited upon them, and they were some days in ward.

5 And they both saw a similar dream on one night, whose interpretations should be related to one another.

And they dreamed a dream they two, each man, his dream in one night, each man, according to the interpretation of his dream, —the butler and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the prison.

6 And when Joseph had entered to them in the morning, and had seen them sad,

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, —and looked at them, and lo! they were sad.

7 he consulted them, saying, “Why is your expression sadder today than usual?”

So he asked Pharaoh’s courtiers who were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Why are your faces troubled to-day!

8 They responded, “We have seen a dream, and there is no one to interpret it for us.” And Joseph said to them, “Doesn’t interpretation belong to God? Recount for me what you have seen.”

And they said unto him, A dream, have we dreamed, but there is none, to interpret, it. Then said Joseph unto them—Is it not unto God, that interpretations belong? Relate it. I pray you, to me.

9 The chief cupbearer explained his dream first. “I saw before me a vine,

And the chief of the butlers related his dream to Joseph, —and said to him, In my dream, then lo! a vine, before me;

10 on which were three shoots, which grew little by little into buds, and, after the flowers, it matured into grapes.

and, in the vine, three shoots, —and the same at sprouting time, had shot up her blossom, and her clusters had brought to perfection ripe grapes.

11 And the cup of Pharaoh was in my hand. Therefore, I took the grapes, and I pressed them into the cup that I held, and I handed the cup to Pharaoh.”

Now, the cup of Pharaoh, being in my hand, I took the ripe grapes and pressed them out into the cup of Pharaoh, and set the cup upon Pharaoh’s palm.

12 Joseph responded: “This is the interpretation of the dream. The three shoots are the next three days,

And Joseph said to him, This, is the interpretation thereof, —The three shoots are three days:

13 after which Pharaoh will remember your service, and he will restore you to your former position. And you will give him the cup according to your office, as you were accustomed to do before.

In three days more, will Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee to thine office, and thou shalt set the cup of Pharaoh in his hand, according to the former custom when thou wast his butler.

14 Only remember me, when it will be well with you, and do me this mercy, to suggest to Pharaoh to lead me out of this prison.

But if thou remember how I was with thee when it shall go well with thee, then wilt thou I pray thee do me a lovingkindness, —and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me forth out of this house;

15 For I have been stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and here, innocently, I was cast into the pit.”

For I was, stolen, out of the land of the Hebrews, —and, even here, had I done nothing, that they should have put me in the dungeon,

16 The chief miller of grain, seeing that he had wisely unraveled the dream, said: “I also saw a dream: that I had three baskets of meal above my head,

Then the chief of the bakers, seeing that he had well interpreted, said unto Joseph, I, too, was in my dream, when lo! three wicker baskets of fine bread were on my head;

17 and in one basket, which was the highest, I carried all foods that are made by the art of baking, and the birds ate from it.”

and, in the uppermost basket, was some of every kind of food for Pharaoh that a baker could make, —but, the birds, kept eating them out of the basket from off my head.

18 Joseph responded: “This is the interpretation of the dream. The three baskets are the next three days,

And Joseph responded and said, This, is the interpretation thereof, The three baskets, are, three days:

19 after which Pharaoh will carry away your head, and also suspend you from a cross, and the birds will tear your flesh.”

In three days more, will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee upon a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

20 The third day thereafter was the birthday of Pharaoh. And making a great feast for his servants, he remembered, during the banquet, the chief cupbearer and the chief miller of grain.

And it came to pass on the third day the birthday of Pharaoh, that he made a banquet for all his servants, and uplifted the head of the chief of the butlers and the head of the chief of the bakers in the midst of his servants;

21 And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup;

and restored the chief of the butlers to his butlership, so that he set the cup upon the palm of Pharaoh;

22 the other he hanged on a gallows, and thus the truth of the interpreter of dreams was proven.

but, the chief of the bakers, he hanged, —as, Joseph, had interpreted unto them.

23 And although he advanced with so much prosperity, the chief cupbearer forgot his interpreter of dreams.

Yet the chief of the butlers made no mention of Joseph but did forget him.