Genesis 40

Then it happened after those things {that} the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the baker sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt.

And Pharaoh broke out in anger against his two officials, against the chief of the cupbearers and against the chief of the bakers,

and he put them in custody in the house of the chief of the guards, in the round-house, the place where Joseph was bound. \*

And the chief of the guards assigned Joseph to them, so he attended them, and they were in custody {for} days.

Then the two of them dreamed a dream. Each {had} his {own} dream in the same night, {and} each {man’s} dream had its own interpretation. {They were} the cupbearer and the baker who {belonged} to the king of Egypt, who were bound in the round-house. \*

And Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, and behold, they were upset.

So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who {were} with him in custody {in} the house of his master, saying, “Why {are} your faces sad today?”

And they said to him, “We dreamed a dream, but {there is} no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do interpretations not {belong} to God? Please tell {them} to me.” \*

Then the chief of the cupbearers told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “And behold, in my dream a grapevine {was} before me,

and on the grapevine {were} three branches. Then while it was budding, its blossoms came out, {and} its clusters ripened {into} grapes.

Then the cup of Pharaoh {was} in my hand and I took the grapes and squeezed them into the cup of Pharaoh. Then I put the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.” \*

Then Joseph said to him, “This {is} its interpretation: The three branches {are} three days.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, according to the former custom when you were his cupbearer. \*

But if you remember me with you, when it goes well for you, then please show kindness to me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and get me out from this house.

For indeed, I was stolen from the land of the Hebrews. And also here I did not do anything that they should put me in the pit.” \*

And the chief of the bakers saw that he interpreted favorably, so he said to Joseph, “I also {was} in my dream, and behold, {there were} three baskets of white bread on my head.

And in the top basket {were} all {kinds} of food for Pharaoh, baker’s goods, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.” \*

Then Joseph responded and said, “This {is} its interpretation: The three baskets {are} three days.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh from you.” \*

Then it happened on the third day, the day Pharaoh was born, that he made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief of the cupbearers and the head of the chief of the bakers in the presence of his servants.

Then he restored the chief of the cupbearers to his position, and he put the cup into the hand of Pharaoh,

but the chief of the bakers he hanged, just as Joseph had interpreted for them.

However, the chief of the cupbearers did not remember Joseph but forgot him. \*