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.

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

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

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

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

He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was 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, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept 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 dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

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

And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning, and saw 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 asked them, saying: Why is your countenance 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 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 And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream 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 stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.

On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe 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 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 stems are three days.

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet 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 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 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 shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take 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 was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

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 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 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 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 to him, 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 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 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 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 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 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 gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.

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

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