1 Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.
1 And it came to pass after these things, [that] the butler of the king of Egypt and [his] baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
3 and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.
3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph [was] bound.
4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. After they had been in custody for some time,
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
5 each of the two men--the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison--had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.
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, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which [were] bound in the prison.
6 When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they [were] sad.
7 So he asked Pharaohs officials who were in custody with him in his masters house, "Why are your faces so sad today?"
7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that [were] with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly to day?
8 "We both had dreams," they answered, "but there is no one to interpret them." Then Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."
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 So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said to him, "In my dream I saw a vine in front of me,
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 on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes.
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 Pharaohs cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaohs cup and put the cup in his hand."
11 And Pharaoh's cup [was] in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
12 "This is what it means," Joseph said to him. "The three branches are three days.
12 And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:
13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaohs cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.
13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
14 But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison.
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
15 For I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a 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 Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, "I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.
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 on my head:
17 In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket 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 "This is what it means," Joseph said. "The three baskets are three days.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:
19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat away your flesh."
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 Now the third day was Pharaohs birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:
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 of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaohs hand,
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
22 but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.