Genesis 40
1 Some time later, the king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
3 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.
4 The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to attend them, and he served them. They remained in custody for some time.
5 The king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream on the same night, each dream with its own meaning.
6 In the morning, Joseph came to them and saw that they were dejected.
7 He asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 They answered, “We had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Please tell me.”
9 The chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said to him, “In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.
10 The vine had three branches. It budded, blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes.
11 Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand. I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
12 Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation: the three branches are three days.
13 Within three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
14 But remember me when things go well for you. Please show me this kindness: speak to Pharaoh about me and get me out of this house.
15 For I was in fact abducted from the land of the Hebrews, and here, too, I have done nothing to deserve being put in this dungeon.”
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I, too, had a dream: there were three baskets of white bread on my head.
17 In the top basket were all kinds of food for Pharaoh, made by a baker, and the birds were eating it from the basket above my head.”
18 Joseph answered, “This is the interpretation: the three baskets are three days.
19 Within three days, Pharaoh will lift your head off you and hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh.”
20 On the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his servants. In their presence, he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and the cupbearer placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
22 But he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted for them.
23 But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
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