Genesis 40

1 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.

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.

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

And Pharaoh, being angry with them, (now the one was in charge of the cupbearers, the other of the millers of grain)

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

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

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

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.

5 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.

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

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

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

7 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 today?

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

8 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.

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.”

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

The chief cupbearer explained his dream first. “I saw before me a vine,

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

on which were three shoots, which grew little by little into buds, and, after the flowers, it matured into grapes.

11 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.

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.”

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

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

13 Yet three days and Pharao shall remember your office, and he shall restore you to your place of chief cupbearer, and you shall give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to your former high place, as you were wont to be cupbearer.

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.

14 But remember me of yourself, when it shall be well with you, and you shall deal mercifully with me, and you shall make mention of me to Pharao, and you shall bring me forth out of this dungeon.

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.

15 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.

For I have been stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and here, innocently, I was cast into the pit.”

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

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,

17 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.

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.”

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

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

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

after which Pharaoh will carry away your head, and also suspend you from a cross, and the birds will tear your flesh.”

20 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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