Bible, King James Version
Genesis
Gen.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.
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