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Joseph
Interprets a Dream |
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Genesis 40:1
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Then it came about after these things, the cupbearer
and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. |
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Genesis 40:2
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Pharaoh was furious with his two officials,
the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. |
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Genesis 40:3
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So he put them in confinement in the house of
the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned. |
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Genesis 40:4
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The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge
of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time. |
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Genesis 40:5
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Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king
of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, each man
with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation. |
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Genesis 40:6
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When Joseph came to them in the morning and
observed them, behold, they were dejected. |
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Genesis 40:7
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He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him
in confinement in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?" |
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Genesis 40:8
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Then they said to him, "We have had a dream
and there is no one to interpret it." Then Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations
belong to God? Tell it to me, please." |
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Genesis 40:9
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So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph,
and said to him, "In my dream, behold, there was a vine in front of me; |
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Genesis 40:10
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and on the vine were three branches. And as
it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.
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Genesis 40:11
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"Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; so I took
the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh's
hand." |
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Genesis 40:12
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Then Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation
of it: the three branches are three days; |
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Genesis 40:13
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within three more days Pharaoh will lift up
your head and restore you to your office; and you will put Pharaoh's cup into
his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer. |
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Genesis 40:14
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"Only keep me in mind when it goes well with
you, and please do me a kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh and get me out of
this house. |
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Genesis 40:15
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"For I was in fact kidnapped from the land of
the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into
the dungeon." |
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Genesis 40:16
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When the chief baker saw that he had interpreted
favorably, he said to Joseph, "I also saw in my dream, and behold, there were
three baskets of white bread on my head; |
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Genesis 40:17
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and in the top basket there were some of all
sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket
on my head." |
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Genesis 40:18
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Then Joseph answered and said, "This is its
interpretation: the three baskets are three days; |
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Genesis 40:19
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within three more days Pharaoh will lift up
your head from you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh
off you." |
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Genesis 40:20
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Thus it came about on the third day, which was
Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up
the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. |
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Genesis 40:21
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He restored the chief cupbearer to his office,
and he put the cup into Pharaoh's hand; |
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Genesis 40:22
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but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph
had interpreted to them. |
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Genesis 40:23
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Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph,
but forgot him. |
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