Genesis 40
Joseph Interprets a Dream
1Then it came about after these things, athe cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2Pharaoh was bfurious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. 3So he put them in confinement in the house of the ccaptain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned. 4The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he ▼▼ Lit ministered to
took care of them; and they were in confinement for ▼▼ Lit days
some time. 5Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation. 6 ▼▼ Or And
When Joseph came to them in the morning and observed them, ▼▼ Lit and behold
behold, they were dejected. 7He asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, ▼▼ Lit saying, Why
,
i“Why are your faces so sad today?” 8Then they said to him, j“We have ▼▼ Lit dreamed
had a dream and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, l“Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please.” 9So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, ▼▼ Lit and behold
behold, there was a vine in front of me; 10and on the vine were three branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes. 11“Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh’s ▼▼ Lit palm
hand.” 12Then Joseph said to him, “This is the ointerpretation of it: the three branches are three days; 13within three more days Pharaoh will ▼▼ Or possibly forgive you
lift up your head and restore you to your ▼▼ Lit place
office; and you will put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer. 14“Only ▼▼ Lit remember me with yourself
keep me in mind when it goes well with you, and please sdo me a kindness ▼▼ Lit and mention
by mentioning me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house. 15“For uI was in fact kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the ▼▼ Or pit
dungeon.” 16When the chief baker saw that he had interpreted favorably, he said to Joseph, “I also saw in my dream, and behold, there were three baskets of white bread on my head; 17and in the top basket there were some of all ▼▼ Lit food for Pharaoh made by a baker
sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.” 18Then Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days; 19within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.” 20Thus it came about on the third day, which was xPharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; yand he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21He restored the chief cupbearer to his ▼▼ Lit wine-pouring
office, and aahe put the cup into Pharaoh’s ▼▼ Lit palm
hand; 22but ache hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but adforgot him.
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