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.

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

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

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

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.

He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner,

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

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 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 both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

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

And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning, and saw them 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?"

He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?

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."

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

The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,

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

On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth 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."

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

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet 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.

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

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 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 away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into 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.

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

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets are yet 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."

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 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.

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

And he restored the one to his place to present him the cup:

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

The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.

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

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