Genesis 40
1 And it came to pass
after these
things, that the
butler of the
king of
Egypt and his
baker had
offended their
lord the
king of
Egypt. 2 And
Pharaoh was
wroth against two of his
officers, against the
chief of the
butlers, and against the
chief of the
bakers.
3 And he
put them in
ward in the
house of the
captain of the
guard, into the
prison, the
place where
Joseph was
bound.
4 And the
captain of the
guard charged Joseph with them, and he
served them: and they continued a
season in
ward. 5 And they
dreamed a
dream both of
them, each
man his
dream in
one night, each
man according to the
interpretation of his
dream, the
butler and the
baker of the
king of
Egypt, which were
bound in the
prison.
6 And
Joseph came
in unto them in the
morning, and
looked upon them, and, behold, they were
sad.
7 And he
asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the
ward of his
lord's house, saying, Wherefore
look ye so
sadly to
day? 8 And they
said unto him, We have
dreamed a
dream, and there is no
interpreter of it. And
Joseph said unto them, Do not
interpretations belong to
God? tell
me them, I pray you.
9 And the
chief butler told his
dream to
Joseph, and
said to him, In my
dream, behold, a
vine was before
me; 10 And in the
vine were
three branches: and it was as though it
budded, and her
blossoms shot
forth; and the
clusters thereof brought forth
ripe grapes: 11 And
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 And
Joseph said unto him, This is the
interpretation of it: The
three branches are
three days: 13 Yet within
three days shall
Pharaoh lift
up thine
head, and
restore thee unto thy
place: and thou shalt
deliver Pharaoh's cup into his
hand, after the
former manner when thou wast his
butler.
14 But
think on me when it shall be
well with thee, and
shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make
mention of me unto
Pharaoh, and bring
me out of this
house: 15 For indeed I was stolen
away out of the
land of the
Hebrews: and here also have I
done nothing that they should
put me into the
dungeon. 16 When the
chief baker saw that the
interpretation was
good, he
said unto
Joseph, I
also was in my
dream, and, behold, I had
three white baskets on my
head: 17 And in the
uppermost basket there was of all
manner of
bakemeats for
Pharaoh; and the
birds did
eat them out of the
basket upon my
head. 18 And
Joseph answered and
said, This is the
interpretation thereof: The
three baskets are
three days: 19 Yet within
three days shall
Pharaoh lift
up thy
head from off thee, and shall
hang thee on a
tree; and the
birds shall
eat thy
flesh from off thee.
20 And it came to pass the
third day, which was
Pharaoh's birthday , that he
made a
feast unto all his
servants: and he lifted
up the
head of the
chief butler and of the
chief baker among his
servants. 21 And he
restored the
chief butler unto his
butlership 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 did not the
chief butler remember Joseph, but
forgat him.