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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