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 cometh to pass, after these things — the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against 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)

and Pharaoh is wroth against his two eunuchs, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers,

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

and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph [is] a prisoner,

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 executioners chargeth Joseph with them, and he serveth them; and they are days in charge.

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

And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker whom the king of Egypt hath, who [are] prisoners in the round-house.

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

And Joseph cometh in unto them in the morning, and seeth them, and lo, they [are] morose;

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

and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who [are] with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, 'Wherefore [are] your faces sad 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 say unto him, 'A dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it;' and Joseph saith unto them, 'Are not interpretations with God? recount, 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 recounteth his dream to Joseph, and saith to him, 'In my dream, then lo, a vine [is] 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 [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up hath its blossom, its clusters have ripened 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.”

and Pharaoh's cup [is] in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.'

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

And Joseph saith to him, 'This [is] its interpretation: the three branches 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.

yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head, and hath put thee back on thy station, and thou hast given the cup of Pharaoh into 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.

'Surely if thou hast remembered me with thee, when it is well with thee, and hast done (I pray thee) kindness with me, and hast made mention of me unto Pharaoh, then hast thou brought me out from 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 really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they have put me in the pit.'

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,

And the chief of the bakers seeth that he hath interpreted good, and he saith unto Joseph, 'I also [am] in a dream, and lo, three baskets of white bread [are] 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 [are] of all [kinds] of Pharaoh's food, work of a baker; and the birds are 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 answereth and saith, 'This [is] its interpretation: 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.”

yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten 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 cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he maketh a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,

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

and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;

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

and the chief of the bakers he hath hanged, as Joseph hath interpreted to them;

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

and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.