Genesis 40 : 1 (HCSB)
After this, the king of Egypt's cupbearer and his baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
Genesis 40 : 2 (HCSB)
Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
Genesis 40 : 3 (HCSB)
and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.
Genesis 40 : 4 (HCSB)
The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he became their personal attendant. And they were in custody for some time.
Genesis 40 : 5 (HCSB)
The cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
Genesis 40 : 6 (HCSB)
When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked distraught.
Genesis 40 : 7 (HCSB)
So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were in custody with him in his master's house, "Why are your faces sad today?"
Genesis 40 : 8 (HCSB)
"We had dreams," they said to him, "but there is no one to interpret them." Then Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell me *your dreams ."
Genesis 40 : 9 (HCSB)
So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: "In my dream there was a vine in front of me.
Genesis 40 : 10 (HCSB)
On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.
Genesis 40 : 11 (HCSB)
Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand."
Genesis 40 : 12 (HCSB)
"This is its interpretation," Joseph said to him. "The three branches are three days.
Genesis 40 : 13 (HCSB)
In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.
Genesis 40 : 14 (HCSB)
But when all goes well for you, remember that I was with you. Please show kindness to me by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this prison.
Genesis 40 : 15 (HCSB)
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon."
Genesis 40 : 16 (HCSB)
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was positive, he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream. Three baskets of white bread were on my head.
Genesis 40 : 17 (HCSB)
In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head."
Genesis 40 : 18 (HCSB)
"This is its interpretation," Joseph replied. "The three baskets are three days.
Genesis 40 : 19 (HCSB)
In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head-- from off you-- and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body."
Genesis 40 : 20 (HCSB)
On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker:
Genesis 40 : 21 (HCSB)
he restored the chief cupbearer to his position as cupbearer, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand;
Genesis 40 : 22 (HCSB)
but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had explained to them.
Genesis 40 : 23 (HCSB)
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
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