Genesis 40

1 Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

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

3 and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

5 both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.

7 So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

8 “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

9 So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,

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

11 Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”

12 Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.

13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

14 But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

15 For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

17 In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

18 Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

21 Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

22 But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

1 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, [that] the butler of the king of Egypt and [his] baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph [was] bound.

4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

5 ¶ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which [were] bound in the prison.

6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they [were] sad.

7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that [were] with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly to day?

8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you.

9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine [was] before me;

10 And in the vine [were] three branches: and it [was] as though it budded, [and] her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

11 And Pharaoh's cup [was] in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

12 And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:

13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also [was] in my dream, and, behold, [I had] three white baskets on my head:

17 And in the uppermost basket [there was] of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

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

19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

20 ¶ And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

1 And it came to pass afterward, that the king's tavern keeper in Egypt, and the baker, sinned against their master the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two officers, with the officer over the taverns, and with the officer over the bakers,

3 And he put them in the keeper's house, in the prison, where Joseph was a prisoner.

4 And the captain of the guard set Joseph over them to minister unto them: and they sat in prison some days.

5 And both of them, the king of Egypt's minister and baker, dreamed a dream in one night, every man his own dream: and every man's dream had his own meaning.

6 And when Joseph came in unto them in the morning, he saw that they were sad,

7 And he asked them, saying, Why are ye sad to-day?

8 They answered: We have dreamed it, and have no man to interpret it unto us. And Joseph said, To interpret belongeth unto God; but tell me.

9 And the chief porter told Joseph his dream, and said unto him, I dreamed that there was a vine before me,

10 Which had three branches; and it sprouted, and grew, and blossomed, and the grapes thereof were ripe;

11 And I had Pharaoh's cup in mine hand, and took the berries, and crushed them in the cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

12 And Joseph said unto him, This is his interpretation: three branches are three days.

13 For three days Pharaoh shall lift up thy head, and set thee again in thy service, and thou shalt put the cup into his hand after the former manner, when thou wast his minister.

14 But remember me, if it please thee, and have mercy upon me, that thou mayest remember Pharaoh, that he may bring me out of this house.

15 For I was stolen out of the land of the Eberians by stealth: neither have I done any thing here, that they have set me up.

16 And when the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also dreamed that I had three white baskets upon my head,

17 And in the topmost basket all manner of baked meat unto Pharaoh: and the birds did eat out of the basket upon my head.

18 And Joseph answered and said, This is his interpretation: three baskets are three days.

19 And after three days Pharaoh shall lift up thy head, and hang thee on the gallows; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from thee.

20 And it came to pass on the third day, that Pharaoh celebrated his jubilee, and made a feast to all his servants, and raised up the head of the chief paster, and the head of the chief baker among his servants;

21 And he set the chief tumbler again in his tumbler office, to give the cup in Pharaoh's hand;

22 But the chief baker he hanged, as Joseph had signified unto them.

23 But the chief tavern keeper remembered not Joseph, but forgot his.