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The Book of Genesis
enesis 40
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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.
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- And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers,
against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
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- And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of
the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
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- 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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- 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?
- 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;
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- 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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- 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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- 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.
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- 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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