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Chapter 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. |
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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? |
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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: |
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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. |
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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 show 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: |
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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. |
