Genesis 40

1 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.

Now after these things the chief servant who had the care of the wine, and the chief bread-maker in Pharaoh's house, did something against Pharaoh's orders;

2 Then fell the wroth of Pharaoh upon his two courtiers, upon the chief of the butlers, and upon the chief of the bakers;

And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;

3 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.

And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.

4 And the chief of the royal executioners charged Joseph with them and he waited upon them, and they were some days in ward.

And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

5 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.

And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.

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

And in the morning when Joseph came to them he saw that they were looking sad.

7 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!

And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

8 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.

Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

9 And the chief of the butlers related his dream to Joseph, —and said to him, In my dream, then lo! a vine, before me;

Then the chief wine-servant gave Joseph an account of his dream, and said, In my dream I saw a vine before me;

10 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.

And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.

11 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.

And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and crushing them into Pharaoh's cup, gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

12 And Joseph said to him, This, is the interpretation thereof, —The three shoots are three days:

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;

13 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.

After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.

14 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;

But keep me in mind when things go well for you, and be good to me and say a good word for me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison:

15 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,

For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.

16 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;

Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

17 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.

And in the top basket were all sorts of cooked meats for Pharaoh; and the birds were taking them out of the baskets on my head.

18 And Joseph responded and said, This, is the interpretation thereof, The three baskets, are, three days:

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;

19 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.

After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.

20 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;

Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.

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

And he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

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

But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.

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

But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.