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 came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt, and the baker, had sinned against their lord the king of Egypt.

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

Then fell the wroth of Pharaoh upon his two courtiers, upon the chief of the butlers, and upon 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.

so he delivered them up into the ward of the house of the chief of the royal executioners, into the prison, —the place where Joseph was imprisoned.

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 royal executioners charged Joseph with them and he waited upon them, and they were some days in ward.

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 dreamed a dream they two, each man, his dream in one night, each man, according to the interpretation of his dream, —the butler and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the prison.

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

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, —and looked at them, and lo! they were sad.

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?"

So he asked Pharaoh’s courtiers who were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Why are your faces troubled to-day!

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 said unto him, A dream, have we dreamed, but there is none, to interpret, it. Then said Joseph unto them—Is it not unto God, that interpretations belong? Relate it. I pray you, 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 related his dream to Joseph, —and said to him, In my dream, then lo! a vine, 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, three shoots, —and the same at sprouting time, had shot up her blossom, and her clusters had brought to perfection ripe 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."

Now, the cup of Pharaoh, being in my hand, I took the ripe grapes and pressed them out into the cup of Pharaoh, and set the cup upon Pharaoh’s palm.

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

And Joseph said to him, This, is the interpretation thereof, —The three shoots 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.

In three days more, will Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee to thine office, and thou shalt set the cup of Pharaoh in his hand, according to the former custom when thou wast 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.

But if thou remember how I was with thee when it shall go well with thee, then wilt thou I pray thee do me a lovingkindness, —and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me forth out of 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, stolen, out of the land of the Hebrews, —and, even here, had I done nothing, that they should have put me in the dungeon,

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.

Then the chief of the bakers, seeing that he had well interpreted, said unto Joseph, I, too, was in my dream, when lo! three wicker baskets of fine bread were 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 uppermost basket, was some of every kind of food for Pharaoh that a baker could make, —but, the birds, kept 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 responded and said, This, is the interpretation thereof, 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."

In three days more, will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee upon a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

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 came to pass on the third day the birthday of Pharaoh, that he made a banquet for all his servants, and uplifted the head of the chief of the butlers and the head of the chief of the bakers in the midst of his servants;

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

and restored the chief of the butlers to his butlership, so that he set the cup upon the palm of Pharaoh;

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

but, the chief of the bakers, he hanged, —as, Joseph, had interpreted unto them.

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

Yet the chief of the butlers made no mention of Joseph but did forget him.