Bible (King James)/Genesis/Chapter 40

Andcir. 1720. it came to paſs after theſe things, that the ^[1] butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh was ^[2] wroth againſt two of his officers againſt the chief of the butlers and againſt the chief of the bakers.

3 ^[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 †† Heb. are your faces evil?
Neh. 2. 2. look ye ſo ſadly to day?

8 And they ſaid unto him, ^[4] We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joſeph ſaid unto them, ^[5] 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, ^[6] This is the interpretation of it: The three branches ^[7] are three days:

13 Yet within three days ſhall Pharaoh ^[8] ‖‖ Or, reckon. 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 †† Heb. remember me with thee. ^[9] think on me when it ſhall be well with thee, and ^[10] 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: ^[11] 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 ‖‖ Or, full of holes. white baſkets on my head:

17 And in the uppermoſt baſket there was of all manner of †† Heb. meat of Pharaoh, the work of a baker, or cook. bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the baſket upon my head.

18 And Joſeph anſwered and ſaid, ^[12] This is the interpretation thereof: The three baſkets are three days:

19 ^[13] Yet within three days ſhall Pharaoh ​‖‖ Or, reckon thee, and take thy office from thee. 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 ^[14] birthday, that he ^[15] made a feaſt unto all his ſervants: and he ^[16] ‖‖ Or, reckoned. lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his ſervants.

21 And he ^[17] reſtored the chief butler unto his butlerſhip again; and ^[18] he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22 But he ^[19] hanged the chief baker: as Joſeph had interpreted to them.

23 ¶ Yet did not the chief butler remember Joſeph, but ^[20] forgat him.