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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.