Genesis 40

1 And it came to pass after these things, [that] the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two chamberlains — with the chief of the cup-bearers and with the chief of the bakers;

And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker)

3 and he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned.

He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner,

4 And the captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to them, that he should attend on them. And they were [several] days in custody.

But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.

5 And they dreamed a dream, both of them in one night, each his dream, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the cup-bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the tower-house.

And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

6 And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and behold, they were sad.

And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning, and saw them sad,

7 And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces [so] sad to-day?

He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?

8 And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [your dreams], I pray you.

They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed.

9 Then the chief of the cup-bearers told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,

10 and in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded: its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into grapes.

On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:

11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

And the cup of Pharao was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao.

12 And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet three days:

13 In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head and restore thee to thy place, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his cup-bearer.

After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou wast wont to do.

14 Only bear a remembrance with thee of me when it goes well with thee, and deal kindly, I pray thee, with me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house;

Only remember me, when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison:

15 for indeed I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

16 And when the chief of the bakers saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.

The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head:

17 And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the baker makes, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.

And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.

18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets are yet three days:

19 In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.

After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.

20 And it came to pass the third day — Pharaoh's birthday — that he made a feast to all his bondmen. And he lifted up the head of the chief of the cup-bearers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his bondmen.

The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker.

21 And he restored the chief of the cup-bearers to his office of cup-bearer again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

And he restored the one to his place to present him the cup:

22 And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.

23 But the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.

But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.