Genesis 40

1 Later on the cupbearer and the baker committed some offense against their master, the king of Egypt.

And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord the king of Egypt.

2 Pharaoh was angry with these two royal officials—the chief cupbearer and chief baker—

And Pharao was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker.

3 and imprisoned them in the house of the commander of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was.

And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.

4 The commander of the guard assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant. They were kept in prison for some time.

And the chief keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph, and he stood by them; and they were [some] days in the prison.

5 One night while they were in prison the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt each had a dream. They were different dreams, each with its own meaning.

And they both had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this.

6 When Joseph arrived the next morning he noticed they both looked depressed.

Joseph went in to them in the morning, and saw them, and they had been troubled.

7 So he asked Pharaoh's officials who were imprisoned with him in his master's house, “Why are you looking so depressed?”

And he asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad to-day?

8 “We've both had dreams but can't find anyone to explain what they mean,” they said. So Joseph told them, “Isn't God the one who can interpret the meaning of dreams? Tell me your dreams.”

And they said to him, We have seen a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Is not the interpretation of them through god? tell [them] than to me.

9 So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. “In my dream there was a vine right in front of me,” he explained.

And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream a vine was before me.

10 “The vine had three branches. As soon as it budded, it flowered, and produced clusters of ripe grapes.

And in the vine [were] three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.

11 I was holding Pharaoh's wine cup, so I picked the grapes and squeezed them into the cup and gave it to Pharaoh.”

And the cup of Pharao was in my hand; and I took the bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

12 “This is the meaning,” Joseph told him. “The three branches represent three days.

And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.

13 In three days' time Pharaoh will take you out of prison and give you back your job, and you will hand Pharaoh his cup as you used to.

Yet three days and Pharao shall remember thy office, and he shall restore thee to thy place of chief cupbearer, and thou shalt give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to thy former high place, as thou wast wont to be cupbearer.

14 But when things go well for you, please remember me with kindness and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf, and please get me out of this prison.

But remember me of thyself, when it shall be well with thee, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and thou shalt make mention of me to Pharao, and thou shalt bring me forth out of this dungeon.

15 I was cruelly kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and now I'm here in this pit even though I've done nothing wrong.”

For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was positive, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream. I had three baskets of cakes on my head.

And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food.

17 In the top basket were all the cakes and pastries for Pharaoh to eat, and the birds were eating them from the basket on my head.”

And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharao eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.

18 “This is the meaning,” Joseph told him. “The three baskets represent three days.

And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of it; The three baskets are three days.

19 In three days' time Pharaoh will take you out of prison and hang you on a pole, and birds will eat your flesh.”

Yet three days, and Pharao shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

20 Three days later it happened to be Pharaoh's birthday, and he arranged a banquet for all his officials. He had the chief cupbearer and the chief baker released from prison and brought there before his officials.

And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharao's birth-day, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.

21 He gave the chief cupbearer his job back, and he returned to his duties of handing Pharaoh his cup.

And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

22 But he hanged the chief baker just as Joseph had said when he interpreted their dreams.

And he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph, interpreted to them.

23 But the chief cupbearer didn't remember to say anything about Joseph—in fact he forgot all about him.

Yet did not the chief cupbearer remember Joseph, but forgot him.