Genesis 40

40 ¹ After this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt. ² Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, ³ and he placed them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. ⁴ The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he attended them. They remained in custody for some time. ⁵ One night both of them — the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison — each had a dream, and each dream carried its own meaning. ⁶ When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. ⁷ So he asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why do you look so downcast today?"

⁸ They said to him, "We have each had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to our Father? Please tell them to me." ^a a v8 Joseph names our Father as the source of every true interpretation — even to Egyptians who do not know him.

⁹ So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: "In my dream, a vine was in front of me, ¹⁰ and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes. ¹¹ Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand."

¹² Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. ¹³ In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will place Pharaoh's cup in his hand as you used to do when you were his cupbearer. ¹⁴ But remember me when it goes well with you, and please show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, so he may bring me out of this house. ¹⁵ For I was indeed stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon."

¹⁶ When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream: there were three baskets of white bread on my head, ¹⁷ and 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."

¹⁸ Joseph replied, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. ¹⁹ In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head — off of you — and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you." ²⁰ On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his officials ²¹ —restoring the chief cupbearer to his position, so he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand. ²² But he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them. ²³ Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph — he forgot him.