Genesis 40

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 “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 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 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 of the butlers recounteth his dream to Joseph, and saith to him, 'In my dream, then lo, a vine [is] 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 [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up hath its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes;

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

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

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

And Joseph answereth and saith, 'This [is] its interpretation: 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, 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 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 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 He gave the chief cupbearer his job back, and he returned to his duties of handing Pharaoh his cup.

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

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

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

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

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