Gen.40
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 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the
butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
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 And the captain of the guard 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, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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
of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
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: as Joseph
had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Gen.41
1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the
river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they
fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and
leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed
kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed
the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold,
seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured
the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass
in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all
the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them
unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me
and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according
to the interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to
the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according
to his dream he did interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored
unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him
hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
15
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and