Genesis 40

1 And it comes 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;

Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

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

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

3 and puts them in confinement in the house of the chief of the executioners, into the round-house, the place where Joseph [is] a prisoner,

and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

4 and the chief of the executioners charges Joseph with them, and he serves them; and they are in confinement [for some] days.

The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

5 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 has, who [are] prisoners in the round-house.

both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

6 And Joseph comes to them in the morning, and sees them, and behold, they [are] morose;

When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.

7 and he asks Pharaoh’s eunuchs who [are] with him in confinement in the house of his lord, saying, “Why [are] your faces sad today?”

So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

8 And they say to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it”; and Joseph says to them, “Are interpretations not with God? Please recount to me.”

“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

9 And the chief of the butlers recounts his dream to Joseph and says to him, “In my dream, then behold, a vine [is] before me!

So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,

10 And in the vine [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up has its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes;

and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

11 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.”

Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”

12 And Joseph says to him, “This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days;

Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.

13 yet, within three days Pharaoh lifts up your head, and has put you back on your station, and you have given the cup of Pharaoh into his hand, according to the former custom when you were his butler.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

14 Surely if you have remembered me with you, when it is well with you, and have please done kindness with me, and have made mention of me to Pharaoh, then you have brought me out from this house,

But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

15 for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they have put me in the pit [for].”

For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

16 And the chief of the bakers sees that he has interpreted good, and he says to Joseph, “I also [am] in a dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread [are] on my head,

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

17 and in the highest 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.”

In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

18 And Joseph answers and says, “This [is] its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;

Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

19 yet, within three days Pharaoh lifts up your head from off you, and has hanged you on a tree, and the birds have eaten your flesh from off you.”

Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

20 And it comes to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, that he makes a banquet to all his servants, and lifts up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,

On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

21 and he puts back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he gives the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;

Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

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

But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

23 and the chief of the butlers has not remembered Joseph, but forgets him.

The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.