Genesis 40

1 It came about that after these things, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and king's baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

And it comes to pass, after these things—the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt;

2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.

and Pharaoh is angry against his two eunuchs, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers,

3 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.

and puts them in confinement in the house of the chief of the executioners, into the round-house, the place where Joseph [is] a prisoner,

4 The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he served them. They remained in custody for some time.

and the chief of the executioners charges Joseph with them, and he serves them; and they are in confinement [for some] days.

5 Both of them dreamed a dream—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt who were confined in the prison—each man had his own dream in the same night, and each dream had its own interpretation.

And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker whom the king of Egypt has, who [are] prisoners in the round-house.

6 Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them. Behold, they were sad.

And Joseph comes to them in the morning, and sees them, and behold, they [are] morose;

7 He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

and he asks Pharaoh’s eunuchs who [are] with him in confinement in the house of his lord, saying, “Why [are] your faces sad today?”

8 They said to him, “We have both dreamed a dream and no one can interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me, please.”

And they say to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it”; and Joseph says to them, “Are interpretations not with God? Please recount to me.”

9 The chief of the cupbearers told his dream to Joseph. He said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me.

And the chief of the butlers recounts his dream to Joseph and says to him, “In my dream, then behold, a vine [is] before me!

10 In the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms came out and the clusters of grapes ripened.

And in the vine [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up has its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes;

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

and Pharaoh’s cup [is] in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.”

12 Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three days.

And Joseph says to him, “This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days;

13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh's cup into his hand, just as when you were his cupbearer.

yet, within three days Pharaoh lifts up your head, and has put you back on your station, and you have given the cup of Pharaoh into his hand, according to the former custom when you were his butler.

14 But think of me when it goes well with you, and please show kindness to me. Mention me to Pharaoh and bring me out of this prison.

Surely if you have remembered me with you, when it is well with you, and have please done kindness with me, and have made mention of me to Pharaoh, then you have brought me out from this house,

15 For indeed I was abducted out of the land of the Hebrews. Here also have I done nothing that they should put me in this dungeon.”

for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they have put me in the pit [for].”

16 When the chief of the bakers saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream, and, behold, three baskets of bread were on my head.

And the chief of the bakers sees that he has interpreted good, and he says to Joseph, “I also [am] in a dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread [are] on my head,

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

and in the highest basket [are] of all [kinds] of Pharaoh’s food, work of a baker; and the birds are eating them out of the basket, from off my head.”

18 Joseph answered and said, “This is the interpretation. The three baskets are three days.

And Joseph answers and says, “This [is] its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;

19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a tree. The birds will eat your flesh off you.”

yet, within three days Pharaoh lifts up your head from off you, and has hanged you on a tree, and the birds have eaten your flesh from off you.”

20 It came about on the third day that it was Pharaoh's birthday. He made a feast for all his servants. He lifted up the head of the chief of the cupbearers and the head of the chief of the bakers, among his servants.

And it comes to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, that he makes a banquet to all his servants, and lifts up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,

21 He restored the chief of the cupbearers to his responsibility, and he put the cup into Pharaoh's hand again.

and he puts back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he gives the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;

22 But he hanged the chief of the bakers, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.

and the chief of the bakers he has hanged, as Joseph has interpreted to them;

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

and the chief of the butlers has not remembered Joseph, but forgets him.