1 After these things, the butler of the king
of Egypt and his baker offended their lord,
the king of Egypt.
2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers,
the chief cup bearer and the chief
baker.
3 He put them in custody in the house of
the captain of the guard, into the prison,
the place where Joseph was bound.
4 The captain of the guard assigned them
to Joseph, and he took care of them. They
stayed in prison many days.
5 They both dreamed a dream, each man
his dream, in one night, each man according
to the interpretation of his dream, the
cup bearer and the baker of the king of
Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
6 Joseph came in to them in the morning,
and saw them, and saw that they were 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?”
8 They said to him, “We have dreamed
a dream, and there is no one who can
interpret it.”
Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations
belong to God? Please tell it to me.”
9 The chief cup bearer told his dream
to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream,
behold, a vine was in front of me,
10 and in the vine were three branches. It
was as though it budded, it blossomed, and
its clusters produced ripe grapes.
11 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 Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation:
the three branches are three days.
13 Within three more days, Pharaoh will
lift up your head, and restore you to your
office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup into his
hand, the way you did when you were his
cup bearer.
14 But remember me when it is well with
you. Please show kindness to me, and
make mention of me to 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 I
have done nothing that they should put me
into the dungeon.”
16 When the chief baker saw that the
interpretation was good, he said to Joseph,
“I also was in my dream, and behold, three
baskets of white bread were on my head.
17 In the uppermost basket there were
all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and
the birds ate them out of the basket on my
head.” 18 Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation.
The three baskets are three days.
19 Within three more days, Pharaoh will
lift up your head from off you, and will
hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat
your flesh from off you.”
20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s
birthday, he made a feast for all his servants,
and he lifted up the head of the chief
cup bearer and the head of the chief baker
among his servants.
21 He restored the chief cup bearer to his
position 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 the chief cup bearer didn’t remember
Joseph, but forgot him.
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