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;

And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord 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,

And Pharaoh was furious with two of his officers, with the chief of the butlers, and with the chief of the bakers.

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 he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

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

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in custody.

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.

And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.

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

And Joseph came to them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

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?”

And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Why look ye so sad to day?

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.”

And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

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!

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was 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: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and its clusters brought forth ripe 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.”

And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

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

And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: 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.

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee to thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

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 think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness to me, I pray thee, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

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 indeed I was stolen away from the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the 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 good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets 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.”

And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked goods for Pharaoh; and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.

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

And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: 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.”

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

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,

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast to all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

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

And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

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

But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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

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