Genesis 40

1 After these things, the butler 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 cup bearer and the chief baker.

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

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 took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.

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 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.

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 came in to them in the morning, and saw 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 have dreamed a dream, and 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 cup bearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, behold, 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. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe 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 pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave 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 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 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.

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 is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

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 stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”

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 good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and behold, 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 uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate 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 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.”

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 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.

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 cup bearer to his position again, and he gave 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 Yet the chief cup bearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

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