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Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams
Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt.
Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt.
The Cupbearer and the Baker
And it came to pass after these things, [that] the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
And it came to pass after these things, [that] the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
And Pharaoh was wroth with his two chamberlains -- with the chief of the cup-bearers and with the chief of the bakers;
and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.
and he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned.
The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for some time in custody.
And the captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to them, that he should attend on them. And they were [several] days in custody.
And one night they both dreamed — the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison — each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation.
And they dreamed a dream, both of them in one night, each his dream, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the cup-bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the tower-house.
When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled.
And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and behold, they were sad.
So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?”
And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces [so] sad to-day?
They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.”
And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [your dreams], I pray you.
So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream there was a vine before me,
Then the chief of the cup-bearers told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes.
and in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded: its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into grapes.
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Then Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.
In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer.
In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head and restore thee to thy place, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his cup-bearer.
Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.
Only bear a remembrance with thee of me when it goes well with thee, and deal kindly, I pray thee, with me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house;
For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”
for indeed I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head,
And when the chief of the bakers saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.”
And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the baker makes, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.
And Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days.
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.
In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head — from you! — and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.”
In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
And it came to pass the third day -- Pharaoh's birthday -- that he made a feast to all his bondmen. And he lifted up the head of the chief of the cup-bearers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his bondmen.
He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
And he restored the chief of the cup-bearers to his office of cup-bearer again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them.