Genesis 40
1 After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.
And it chaunced after this that the chefe butlar of the kynge of Egipte and his chefe baker had offended there lorde the kynge of Egypte.
2 And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker)
And Pharao was angrie with them and put the in warde in his chefe marshals house:
3 He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner,
euen in ye preson where Ioseph was bownd.
4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.
And the chefe marshall gaue Ioseph a charge with them and he serued them. And they contynued a season in warde.
5 And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:
And they dreamed ether of them in one nyghte: both the butlar and the baker of the kynge of Egipte which were bownde in the preson house ether of them his dreame and eche manes dreame of a sondrie interpretation
6 And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning, and saw them sad,
When Ioseph came in vnto them in the mornynge and loked apon them: beholde they were sadd.
7 He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?
And he asked them saynge wherfore loke ye so sadly to daye?
8 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.
They answered him we haue dreamed a dreame and haue no man to declare it. And Ioseph sayde vnto the. Interpretynge belongeth to God but tel me yet.
9 The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,
And the chefe butlar tolde his dreame to Ioseph and sayde vnto him. In my dreame me thought there stode a vyne before me
10 On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:
and in the vyne were. iij. braunches and it was as though it budded and her blossos shottforth: and ye grapes there of waxed rype.
11 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.
And I had Pharaos cuppe in my hande and toke of the grapes and wronge them in to Pharaos cuppe and delyvered Pharaos cuppe into his hande.
12 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet three days:
And Ioseph sayde vnto him this is the interpretation of it.
13 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.
The. iij. braunches ar thre dayes: for within thre dayes shall Pharao lyft vp thine heade and restore the vnto thyne office agayne and thou shalt delyuer Pharaos cuppe in to his hade after the old maner even as thou dydest when thou wast his butlar.
14 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:
But thinke on me with the when thou art in good case and shewe mercie vnto me. And make mencion of me to Pharao and helpe to brynge me out of this house:
15 For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.
for I was stollen out of the lande of the Hebrues and here also haue I done nothige at all wherfore they shulde haue put me in to this dongeon.
16 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:
When the chefe baker sawe that he had well interpretate it he sayde vnto Ioseph me thought also in my dreame yt I had. iij. wyker baskettes on my heade?
17 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.
And in ye vppermost basket of all maner bakemeates for Pharao. And the byrdes ate them out of the basket apon my heade
18 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets are yet three days:
Ioseph answered and sayde: this is the interpretation therof. The. iij. baskettes are. iij. dayes
19 After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.
for this daye. iij. dayes shall Pharao take thy heade from the and shall hange the on a tree and the byrdes shall eate thy flesh from of the.
20 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.
And it came to passe the thyrde daye which was Pharaos byrth daye that he made a feast vnto all his servauntes. And he lyfted vpp the head of the chefe buttelar and of the chefe baker amonge his servauntes.
21 And he restored the one to his place to present him the cup:
And restored the chefe buttelar vnto his buttelarshipe agayne and he reched the cuppe in to Pharaos hande
22 The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.
ad hanged the chefe baker: eue as Ioseph had interpretated vnto the.
23 But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.
Notwithstonding the chefe buttelar remembred not Ioseph but forgat hym.
