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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:

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

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

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

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;

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

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets are yet 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 which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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