Genesis 40
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And it cometh 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 and
Pharaoh is wroth against his two eunuchs, against the chief of the butlers, and
against the chief of the bakers, 3 and giveth them in charge in the house of
the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph
[is] a prisoner, 4 and the chief of the executioners chargeth
Joseph with them, and he serveth them; and they are
days in charge. 5 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 hath, who [are] prisoners in the round-house. 6
And Joseph cometh in unto them in the morning, and seeth
them, and lo, they [are] morose; 7 and he asketh
Pharaoh's eunuchs who [are] with him in charge in the house of his lord,
saying, `Wherefore [are] your faces sad to-day?' 8 And they say unto him, `A
dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it;' and Joseph saith unto them, `Are not interpretations with God?
recount, I pray you, to me.' 9 And the chief of the butlers recounteth
his dream to Joseph, and saith to him, `In my dream,
then lo, a vine [is] before me! 10 and in the vine [are] three branches, and it
[is] as it were flourishing; gone up hath its blossom, its clusters have
ripened grapes; 11 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 And Joseph saith to him, `This [is] its
interpretation: the three branches are three days; 13 yet, within three days
doth Pharaoh lift up thy head, and hath put thee back on thy station, and thou
hast given the cup of Pharaoh into his hand, according to the former custom
when thou wast his butler. 14 `Surely if thou hast
remembered me with thee, when it is well with thee, and hast done (I pray thee)
kindness with me, and hast made mention of me unto Pharaoh, then hast thou
brought me out from this house, 15 for I was really stolen from the land of the
Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they have put me in the pit.'
16 And the chief of the bakers seeth that he hath
interpreted good, and he saith unto Joseph, `I also
[am] in a dream, and lo, three baskets of white bread [are] on my head, 17 and
in the uppermost 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
And Joseph answereth and saith,
`This [is] its interpretation: the three baskets are three days; 19 yet, within
three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on
a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.' 20 And it cometh to
pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he maketh
a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the
head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among
his servants, 21 and he putteth back the chief of the
butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh; 22
and the chief of the bakers he hath hanged, as Joseph hath interpreted to them;
23 and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.