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40 : 1 Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.
40 : 2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
40 : 3 and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.
40 : 4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. After they had been in custody for some time,
40 : 5 each of the two men--the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison--had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.
40 : 6 When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected.
40 : 7 So he asked Pharaoh`s officials who were in custody with him in his master`s house, "Why are your faces so sad today?"
40 : 8 We both had dreams, they answered, "but there is no one to interpret them." Then Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."
40 : 9 So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said to him, "In my dream I saw a vine in front of me,
40 : 10 and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes.
40 : 11 Pharaoh`s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh`s cup and put the cup in his hand."
40 : 12 This is what it means, Joseph said to him. "The three branches are three days.
40 : 13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh`s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
40 : 14 But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison.
40 : 15 For I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon."
40 : 16 When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, "I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.
40 : 17 In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head."
40 : 18 This is what it means, Joseph said. "The three baskets are three days.
40 : 19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat away your flesh."
40 : 20 Now the third day was Pharaoh`s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:
40 : 21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh`s hand,
40 : 22 but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.
40 : 23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.