Genesis - Chapter 40

1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler [the chief cupbearer] of the king of Egypt and his chief baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, his two eunuchs, against the chief of the butlers, his chief cupbearer, and against the chief of the bakers.

3 And he put them in Ward, into the prison, in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

4 And the captain of the guard, the chief keeper of the prison, charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer, the butler, and the chief baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison was this.

6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers, the eunuchs of Pharao, that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to

God? tell me them, I pray you.

9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the bunch of grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh remember thy office,  lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place of chief cupbearer: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house [of this dungeon];

15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets of mealy food on my head:

17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

18 And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days;

19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up 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.

20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head, remembered the office, of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

21 And he restored the chief butler [cupbearer] unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.