Genesis 40

1 It happened after these things that the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

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;

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

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

3 So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

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,

4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. They stayed in prison for some time.

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

5 And the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, and each dream had 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 has, who [are] prisoners in the round-house.

6 Joseph met them in the morning and looked at them and saw that they were sad.

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

7 He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"

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?”

8 They said to him, "We both had dreams, but there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."

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.”

9 The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, look, a vine was in front of me,

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!

10 and in the vine were three branches. When it budded, its blossoms opened, and its clusters ripened into grapes.

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

11 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I placed the cup into Pharaoh's hand."

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 Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.

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

13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh's cup into his hand as you used to when you were his cupbearer.

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.

14 But remember me when it goes well for you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison.

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,

15 For indeed, I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the pit."

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].”

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also appeared in my dream, and look, three baskets of white bread were on my head.

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,

17 In the top basket there was all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head."

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.”

18 Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days.

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

19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and impale you on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh off you."

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.”

20 And it happened on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he gave a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

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,

21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he placed the cup into Pharaoh's hand;

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

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

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

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

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