GE-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.

GE-40:2  And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers,

against

the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

GE-40:3  And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of

the

guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph [was] bound.

GE-40:4  And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them,

and he

served them: and they continued a season in ward.

GE-40:5  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.

GE-40:6  And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked

upon

them, and, behold, they [were] sad.

GE-40:7  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?

GE-40:8  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.

GE-40:9  And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said

to

him, In my dream, behold, a vine [was] before me;

GE-40:10  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:

GE-40:11  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.

GE-40:12  And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation

of

it: The three branches [are] three days:

GE-40:13  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.

GE-40:14  But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and

show

kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto

Pharaoh,

and bring me out of this house:

GE-40:15  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.

GE-40:16  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:

GE-40:17  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.

GE-40:18  And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the

interpretation

thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:

GE-40:19  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.

GE-40:20  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.

GE-40:21  And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership

again;

and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

GE-40:22  But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had

interpreted to

them.

GE-40:23  Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but

forgat

him.



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