Genesis, 40

1. It happened some time later that the king of Egypt's cup-bearer and his baker offended their master the king of Egypt.

1. And it came to pass after these things, [that] the butler of the king of Egypt and [his] baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2. Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cup-bearer and the chief baker,

2. And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

3. and put them in custody in the house of the commander of the guard, in the gaol where Joseph was a prisoner.

3. And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph [was] bound.

4. The commander of the guard assigned Joseph to them to attend to their wants, and they remained in custody for some time.

4. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

5. Now both of them had dreams on the same night, each with its own meaning for the cup-bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were prisoners in the gaol.

5. And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which [were] bound in the prison.

6. When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked gloomy,

6. And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they [were] sad.

7. and he asked the two officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, 'Why these sad looks today?'

7. And he asked Pharaoh's officers that [were] with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly to day?

8. They replied, 'We have each had a dream, but there is no one to interpret it.' 'Are not interpretations God's business?' Joseph asked them. 'Tell me about them.'

8. And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you.

9. So the chief cup-bearer described his dream to Joseph, telling him, 'In my dream there was a vine in front of me.

9. And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine [was] before me;

10. On the vine were three branches; no sooner had it budded than it blossomed, and its clusters became ripe grapes.

10. And in the vine [were] three branches: and it [was] as though it budded, [and] her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

11. I had Pharaoh's cup in my hand; I picked the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and put the cup into Pharaoh's hand.'

11. And 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. 'This is what it means,' Joseph told him. 'The three branches are three days.

12. And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:

13. In another three days Pharaoh will lift up your head by restoring you to your position. Then you will hand Pharaoh his cup, as you did before, when you were his cup-bearer.

13. Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

14. But be sure to remember me when things go well with you, and keep faith with me by kindly reminding Pharaoh about me, to get me out of this house.

14. But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

15. I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews in the first place, and even here I have done nothing to warrant being put in the dungeon.'

15. For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

16. The chief baker, seeing that the interpretation had been favourable, said to Joseph, 'I too had a dream; there were three wicker trays on my head.

16. When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also [was] in my dream, and, behold, [I had] three white baskets on my head:

17. In the top tray there were all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, such as a baker might make, and the birds were eating them off the tray on my head.'

17. And in the uppermost basket [there was] of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

18. Joseph replied as follows, 'This is what it means: the three trays are three days.

18. And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:

19. In another three days Pharaoh will lift up your head by hanging you on a gallows, and the birds will eat the flesh off your bones.'

19. Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

20. And so it happened; the third day was Pharaoh's birthday and he gave a banquet for all his officials. Of his officials he lifted up the head of the chief cup-bearer and the chief baker,

20. And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

21. the chief cup-bearer by restoring him to his cup-bearing, so that he again handed Pharaoh his cup;

21. And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22. and by hanging the chief baker, as Joseph had explained to them.

22. But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23. But the chief cup-bearer did not remember Joseph; he had forgotten him.

23. Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.