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 chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord the king of Egypt.

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

And Pharao was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his 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.

And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.

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

And the chief keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph, and he stood by them; and they were [some] days in the prison.

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 had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this.

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

Joseph went in to them in the morning, and saw them, and they had been troubled.

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 asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad 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 to him, We have seen a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Is not the interpretation of them through god? tell [them] than 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 cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream a vine was 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 [were] three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.

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 bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

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 of it. The three stems 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 three days and Pharao shall remember thy office, and he shall restore thee to thy place of chief cupbearer, and thou shalt give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to thy former high place, as thou wast wont to be cupbearer.

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 remember me of thyself, when it shall be well with thee, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and thou shalt make mention of me to Pharao, and thou shalt bring me forth out of this dungeon.

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 surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.

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 baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food.

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 upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharao eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.

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

And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of it; 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 three days, and Pharao shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky 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 that it was Pharao's birth-day, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker 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 he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

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

And he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph, interpreted to them.

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

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