GENESIS Chapter 40
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40:1 Some time later the king of Egypt's wine steward and his
chief baker offended the king. |
40:2 He was angry
with these two officials |
40:3 and put them
in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same place where
Joseph was being kept. |
40:4 They spent a
long time in prison, and the captain assigned Joseph as their servant. |
40:5 One night
there in prison the wine steward and the chief baker each had a dream, and
the dreams had different meanings. |
40:6 When Joseph
came to them in the morning, he saw that they were upset. |
40:7 He asked them,
"Why do you look so worried today?" |
40:8 They answered,
"Each of us had a dream, and there is no one here to explain what the
dreams mean." "It is God who gives the ability to interpret
dreams," Joseph said. "Tell me your dreams." |
40:9 So the wine
steward said, "In my dream there was a grapevine in front of me |
40:10 with three
branches on it. As soon as the leaves came out, the blossoms appeared, and
the grapes ripened. |
40:11 I was holding the king's cup; so I took the grapes and
squeezed them into the cup and gave it to him." |
40:12 Joseph said,
"This is what it means: the three branches are three days. |
40:13 In three days
the king will release you, pardon you, and restore you to your position. You
will give him his cup as you did before when you were his wine steward. |
40:14 But please remember
me when everything is going well for you, and please be kind enough to
mention me to the king and help me get out of this prison. |
40:15 After all, I
was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here in Egypt I didn't
do anything to deserve being put in prison." |
40:16 When the chief
baker saw that the interpretation of the wine steward's dream was favorable,
he said to Joseph, "I had a dream too; I was carrying three breadbaskets
on my head. |
40:17 In the top
basket there were all kinds of baked goods for the king, and the birds were
eating them." |
40:18 Joseph
answered, "This is what it means: the three baskets are three days. |
40:19 In three days
the king will release you---and have your head cut off! Then he will hang
your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh." |
40:20 On his
birthday three days later the king gave a banquet for all his officials; he
released his wine steward and his chief baker and brought them before his
officials. |
40:21 He restored
the wine steward to his former position, |
40:22 but he
executed the chief baker. It all happened just as Joseph had said. |
40:23 But the wine
steward never gave Joseph another thought---he forgot all about him. |
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