Genesis 40 : 1 (LXXEN)
And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord the king of Egypt.
Genesis 40 : 2 (LXXEN)
And Pharao was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker.
Genesis 40 : 3 (LXXEN)
And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.
Genesis 40 : 4 (LXXEN)
And the chief keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph, and he stood by them; and they were some days in the prison.
Genesis 40 : 5 (LXXEN)
And they both [Gr. saw] had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this.
Genesis 40 : 6 (LXXEN)
Joseph went in to them in the morning, and saw them, and they had been troubled.
Genesis 40 : 7 (LXXEN)
And he asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad to-day?
Genesis 40 : 8 (LXXEN)
And they said to him, We have seen a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Is not the interpretation of them through god? tell them than to me.
Genesis 40 : 9 (LXXEN)
And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my [Gr. sleep] dream a vine was before me.
Genesis 40 : 10 (LXXEN)
And in the vine were three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.
Genesis 40 : 11 (LXXEN)
And the cup of Pharao was in my hand; and I took the bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into Pharao’s hand.
Genesis 40 : 12 (LXXEN)
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.
Genesis 40 : 13 (LXXEN)
Yet three days and Pharao shall remember thy office, and he shall restore thee to thy place of chief cupbearer, and thou shalt give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to thy former high place, as thou wast wont to be cupbearer.
Genesis 40 : 14 (LXXEN)
But remember me of thyself, when it shall be well with thee, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and thou shalt make mention of me to Pharao, and thou shalt bring me forth out of this dungeon.
Genesis 40 : 15 (LXXEN)
For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.
Genesis 40 : 16 (LXXEN)
And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food.
Genesis 40 : 17 (LXXEN)
And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharao eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.
Genesis 40 : 18 (LXXEN)
And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of it; The three baskets are three days.
Genesis 40 : 19 (LXXEN)
Yet three days, and Pharao shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Genesis 40 : 20 (LXXEN)
And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharao’s birth-day, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.
Genesis 40 : 21 (LXXEN)
And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao’s hand.
Genesis 40 : 22 (LXXEN)
And he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph, interpreted to them.
Genesis 40 : 23 (LXXEN)
Yet did not the chief cupbearer remember Joseph, but forgot him.
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