1 Joseph Interprets the Officials’ Dreams Now it happened that after these things, the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, thesameplace where Joseph was imprisoned.
4 And the captain of the bodyguard appointed Joseph as overseer over them, and he 40:4Or ministered to attended to them; and they were in confinement for 40:4Lit days some time.
5 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 hisowndreamandeach dream with itsowninterpretation.
6 Now Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, and behold, they were dejected.
7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, saying, “Why are your faces so sad today?”
8 Then they said to him, “We have 40:8 Lit dreamed had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Recountitto me, please.”
9 So the chief cupbearer recounted his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream, 40:9Lit and behold behold,there wasa vine in front of me;
10 and on the vinewerethree branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out,andits 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 40:11Lit palm hand.”
12 Then Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
13 within three more days Pharaoh will 40:13Or possibly forgive you lift up your head and restore you to your 40:13Lit place office; and you will put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer.
14 Only remember me when it goes well with you, and please show me lovingkindness by remembering me to Pharaoh and getting me out of this house.
15 For I was in fact stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the pit.”
16 And the chief baker saw that he had interpreted favorably, so he said to Joseph, “I alsosawin my dream, and behold,there werethree baskets of white bread on my head;
17 and in the top basketthere weresome of all 40:17Lit 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.”
18 Then Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
19 within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head off of you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off of you.”
20 Thus it happened on the third day,which wasPharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief cupbearer to his 40:21Lit wine-pouring office, and he put the cup into Pharaoh’s 40:21Lit palm hand;
22 but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.