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Recount <i>it</i> to me, please.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So the chief cupbearer recounted his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>behold, <i>there was</i> a vine in front of me; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and on the vine <i>were</i> three branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, <i>and</i> its clusters produced ripe grapes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>hand.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>within three more days Pharaoh will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lift up your head and restore you to your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>office; and you will put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Only remember me when it goes well with you, and please show me lovingkindness by remembering me to Pharaoh and getting me out of this house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For I was in fact stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the pit.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the chief baker saw that he had interpreted favorably, so he said to Joseph, “I also <i>saw</i> in my dream, and behold, <i>there were</i> three baskets of white bread on my head; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and in the top basket <i>there were</i> some of all <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head off of you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off of you.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Thus it happened on the third day, <i>which was</i> Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he restored the chief cupbearer to his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>office, and he put the cup into Pharaoh’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>hand; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>ministered to</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>days</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>dreamed</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>and behold</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>palm</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or possibly <i>forgive you</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>place</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>food for Pharaoh made by a baker</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>wine-pouring</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>palm</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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