Genesis 40

VIN(i) 1 After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. 3 And he put them in custody in the house of the chief of the guard, into the prison where Joseph was confined. 4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph. He took care of them. After they had been confined for some time, 5 And the two of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, each his own dream, with its own interpretation. 6 And Joseph entered to them in the morning, and he saw them, and they were disturbed. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Why do ye look so sad today? 8 They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed: 9 The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, look, a vine was in front of me, 10 and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes. 11 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 said to him. "The three branches are three days. 13 "In the next three days Pharaoh will release you 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 "Remember me when things go well for you. Please do me a favor. Mention me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this prison. 15 For I was, stolen, out of the land of the Hebrews,—and, even here, had I done nothing, that they should have put me in the dungeon, 16 When the chief baker saw that he had well interpreted it, he said unto Joseph, "Me thought also in my dream, that I had three wicker baskets on my head. 17 And in the upper basket were all sorts of baked foods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket upon my head." 18 Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days. 19 Yet within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you. 20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand; 22 but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.