Genesis 40
GEN 40:1 And it cometh to pass, after these things -- the butler of the king of
Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt;
GEN 40:2 and Pharaoh is wroth against his two eunuchs, against the chief of the
butlers, and against the chief of the bakers,
GEN 40:3 and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the
executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph `is' a prisoner,
GEN 40:4 and the chief of the executioners chargeth Joseph with them, and he
serveth them; and they are days in charge.
GEN 40:5 And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each
according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker whom the
king of Egypt hath, who `are' prisoners in the round-house.
GEN 40:6 And Joseph cometh in unto them in the morning, and seeth them, and lo,
they `are' morose;
GEN 40:7 and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who `are' with him in charge in the
house of his lord, saying, `Wherefore `are' your faces sad to-day?'
GEN 40:8 And they say unto him, `A dream we have dreamed, and there is no
interpreter of it;' and Joseph saith unto them, `Are not interpretations with
God? recount, I pray you, to me.'
GEN 40:9 And the chief of the butlers recounteth his dream to Joseph, and saith
to him, `In my dream, then lo, a vine `is' before me!
GEN 40:10 and in the vine `are' three branches, and it `is' as it were
flourishing; gone up hath its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes;
GEN 40:11 and Pharaoh's cup `is' in my hand, and I take the grapes and press
them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.'
GEN 40:12 And Joseph saith to him, `This `is' its interpretation: the three
branches are three days;
GEN 40:13 yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head, and hath put
thee back on thy station, and thou hast given the cup of Pharaoh into his hand,
according to the former custom when thou wast his butler.
GEN 40:14 `Surely if thou hast remembered me with thee, when it is well with
thee, and hast done (I pray thee) kindness with me, and hast made mention of me
unto Pharaoh, then hast thou brought me out from this house,
GEN 40:15 for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also
have I done nothing that they have put me in the pit.'
GEN 40:16 And the chief of the bakers seeth that he hath interpreted good, and
he saith unto Joseph, `I also `am' in a dream, and lo, three baskets of white
bread `are' on my head,
GEN 40:17 and in the uppermost basket `are' of all `kinds' of Pharaoh's food,
work of a baker; and the birds are eating them out of the basket, from off my
head.'
GEN 40:18 And Joseph answereth and saith, `This `is' its interpretation: the
three baskets are three days;
GEN 40:19 yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee,
and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off
thee.'
GEN 40:20 And it cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he
maketh a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the head of the chief of
the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,
GEN 40:21 and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he
giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;
GEN 40:22 and the chief of the bakers he hath hanged, as Joseph hath interpreted
to them;
GEN 40:23 and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but
forgetteth him.
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