Genesis, 40

1. Some time afterward, the royal cupbearer and baker gave offense to their lord, the king of Egypt.

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

2. Pharaoh was angry with his two courtiers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

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

3. and he put them in custody in the house of the chief steward (the same jail where Joseph was confined).

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

4. The chief steward assigned Joseph to them, and he became their attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

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

5. the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt who were confined in the jail both had dreams on the same night, each dream with its own meaning.

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.

6. When Joseph came to them in the morning, he noticed that they looked disturbed.

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

7. So he asked Pharaoh's courtiers who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why do you look so sad today?"

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

8. They answered him, "We have had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them for us." Joseph said to them, "Surely, interpretations come from God. Please tell the dreams to me."

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.'

9. Then the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. "In my dream," he said, "I saw a vine in front of me,

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

10. and on the vine were three branches. It had barely budded when its blossoms came out, and its clusters ripened into grapes.

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

11. Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes, pressed them out into his cup, and put it in Pharaoh's hand."

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.'

12. Joseph said to him: "This is what it means. The three branches are three days;

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

13. within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your post. You will be handing Pharaoh his cup as you formerly used to do when you were his cupbearer.

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.

14. So if you will still remember, when all is well with you, that I was here with you, please do me the favor of mentioning me to Pharaoh, to get me out of this place.

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.

15. The truth is that I was kidnaped from the land of the Hebrews, and here I have not done anything for which I should have been put into a dungeon."

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.'

16. When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given this favorable interpretation, he said to him: "I too had a dream. In it I had three wicker baskets on my head;

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.

17. in the top one were all kinds of bakery products for Pharaoh, but the birds were pecking at them out of the basket 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.'

18. Joseph said to him in reply: "This is what it means. The three baskets are three days;

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

19. within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and have you impaled on a stake, and the birds will be pecking the flesh from your body."

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.'

20. And in fact, on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, when he gave a banquet to all his staff, with his courtiers around him, he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and chief baker.

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,

21. He restored the chief cupbearer to his office, so that he again handed the cup to Pharaoh;

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

22. but the chief baker he impaled-just as Joseph had told them in his interpretation.

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

23. Yet the chief cupbearer gave no thought to Joseph; he had forgotten him.

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