Genesis 40
American King James Version
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1And 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.Select Genesis 40:1
2And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.Select Genesis 40:2
3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.Select Genesis 40:3
4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. ¶Select Genesis 40:4
5And 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.Select Genesis 40:5
6And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and, behold, they were sad.Select Genesis 40:6
7And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Why look you so sadly to day?Select Genesis 40:7
8And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.Select Genesis 40:8
9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;Select Genesis 40:9
10And 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:Select Genesis 40:10
11And 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.Select Genesis 40:11
12And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:Select Genesis 40:12
13Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head, and restore you to your place: and you shall deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when you were his butler.Select Genesis 40:13
14But think on me when it shall be well with you, and show kindness, I pray you, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:Select Genesis 40:14
15For 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.Select Genesis 40:15
16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:Select Genesis 40:16
17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket on my head.Select Genesis 40:17
18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:Select Genesis 40:18
19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree; and the birds shall eat your flesh from off you. ¶Select Genesis 40:19
20And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast to all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.Select Genesis 40:20
21And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:Select Genesis 40:21
22But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.Select Genesis 40:22
23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.Select Genesis 40:23
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