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They stayed in prison for some time. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, and each dream had its own meaning. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Joseph met them in the morning and looked at them and saw that they were sad. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He asked Pharaoh抯 officers who were with him in custody in his master抯 house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?" <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They said to him, "We both had dreams, but there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, look, a vine was in front of me, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and in the vine were three branches. When it budded, its blossoms opened, and its clusters ripened into grapes. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Pharaoh抯 cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh抯 cup, and I placed the cup into Pharaoh抯 hand." <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh抯 cup into his hand as you used to when you were his cupbearer. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But remember me when it goes well for you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For indeed, I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the pit."<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also appeared in my dream, and look, three baskets of white bread were on my head. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In the top basket there was all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head." <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and impale you on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh off you."<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And it happened on the third day, which was Pharaoh抯 birthday, that he gave 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="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he placed the cup into Pharaoh抯 hand; <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/40-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.<p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="//nheb.net/">New Heart English Bible</a><br />Edited by Wayne A. 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