{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":40,"genre":"prose","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/39","next":"genesis/41","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.","f":[],"h":"The Cupbearer and the Baker","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant."},{"style":"reg","t":"After they had been in custody for some time,"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"both of these men — the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison — had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house,“ Why are your faces so downcast today?”","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"“ We both had dreams,” they replied,“ but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them,“ Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ We both had dreams,” they replied,“ but there is no one to interpret them.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"Then Joseph said to them,“ Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream:“ In my dream there was a vine before me,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into [his] cup, and placed the cup in [his] hand.”","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"Joseph replied,“ This [is] the interpretation: The three branches are three days.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph,“ I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"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.”","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"Joseph replied,“ This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”","f":["Or and impale you on a pole; similarly in verse 22"]},{"v":20,"t":"On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in [their presence] he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them {in his interpretation}.","f":["Literally had interpreted to them"]},{"v":23,"t":"The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}