Then it came about after
these
things
, athe cupbearer
and the baker
for the king
of Egypt
offended
their lord
, the king
of Egypt
.
Pharaoh was afurious
with his two
officials
, the chief
cupbearer
and the chief
baker
.
So he put them in confinement
in the house
of the acaptain
of the bodyguard
, in the jail
, the same place
where
Joseph
was imprisoned
.
The captain of the bodyguard
put
Joseph
in charge
of them, and he 1took
care
of them; and they were in confinement
for 2some
time
.
Then 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
.
1When Joseph came
to them in the morning
and observed
them, 2behold
, they were dejected
.
He asked Pharaoh's
officials
who
were with him in confinement
in his master's
house
, " 1 aWhy
are your faces
so sad
today
?"
Then they said to him, " aWe have 1had
a dream
and there
is no
one
to interpret
it." Then Joseph
said
to them, " bDo not interpretations
belong to God
? Tell
it to me, please
."
So the chief cupbearer
told
his dream
to Joseph
, and said
to him, "In my dream
, 1behold
, there was a vine
in front
of me;
and on the vine were three
branches
. And as it was budding
, its blossoms
came
out, and its clusters
produced
ripe
grapes
.
"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
1hand
."
Then Joseph said
to him, "This
is the ainterpretation
of it: the three
branches
are three
days
;
within three more
days
Pharaoh
will 1lift
up your head
and restore
you to your 2office
; and you will put
Pharaoh's
cup
into his hand
according to your former
custom
when
you were his cupbearer
.
"Only 1keep
me in mind when
it goes
well
with you, and please
ado
me a kindness
2by mentioning
me to Pharaoh
and get
me out of this
house
.
"For aI 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 1dungeon
."
When 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
;
and in the top basket
there were some
of all
1sorts of baked
food
for Pharaoh
, and the birds
were eating
them out of the basket
on my head
."
Then Joseph answered
and said
, "This
is its interpretation
: the three
baskets
are three
days
;
within 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."
Thus it came about on the third
day
, which was aPharaoh's
birthday
, that he made
a feast
for all
his servants
; band he lifted
up the head
of the chief
cupbearer
and the head
of the chief
baker
among
his servants
.
He restored the chief
cupbearer
to his 1office
, and ahe put
the cup
into Pharaoh's
2hand
;
but ahe hanged the chief
baker
, just
as Joseph
had interpreted
to them.
Yet the chief cupbearer
did not remember
Joseph
, but aforgot
him.