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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.
02 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his
officers, against the chief of the butlers, and
against the chief of the bakers.
03 And he put them in ward in the house of
the captain of the guard, into the prison, the
place where Joseph was bound.
04 And the captain of the guard charged
Joseph with them, and he served them: and they
continued a season in ward.
05 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.
06 And Joseph came in unto them in the
morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they
were sad.
07 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?
08 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.
09 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, This is the
interpretation of it: The three branches are
three days:
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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 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: 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:
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.
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