Genesis 40

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Some time afterward, the royal cupbearer and baker gave offense to their lord, the king of Egypt.	1 While these things were going on, it happened that two eunuchs, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt, and the miller of grain, offended their lord.
2 Pharaoh was angry with his two courtiers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,	2 And Pharaoh, being angry with them, (now the one was in charge of the cupbearers, the other of the millers of grain)
3 and he put them in custody in the house of the chief steward (the same jail where Joseph was confined).	3 sent them to the prison of the leader of the military, in which Joseph also was a prisoner.
4 The chief steward assigned Joseph to them, and he became their attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,	4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, who ministered to them also. Some little time passed by, while they were held in custody.
5 the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt who were confined in the jail both had dreams on the same night, each dream with its own meaning.	5 And they both saw a similar dream on one night, whose interpretations should be related to one another.
6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he noticed that they looked disturbed.	6 And when Joseph had entered to them in the morning, and had seen them sad,
7 So he asked Pharaoh's courtiers who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why do you look so sad today?"	7 he consulted them, saying, “Why is your expression sadder today than usual?”
8 They answered him, "We have had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them for us." Joseph said to them, "Surely, interpretations come from God. Please tell the dreams to me."	8 They responded, “We have seen a dream, and there is no one to interpret it for us.” And Joseph said to them, “Doesn’t interpretation belong to God? Recount for me what you have seen.”
9 Then the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. "In my dream," he said, "I saw a vine in front of me,	9 The chief cupbearer explained his dream first. “I saw before me a vine,
10 and on the vine were three branches. It had barely budded when its blossoms came out, and its clusters ripened into grapes.	10 on which were three shoots, which grew little by little into buds, and, after the flowers, it matured into grapes.
11 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes, pressed them out into his cup, and put it in Pharaoh's hand."	11 And the cup of Pharaoh was in my hand. Therefore, I took the grapes, and I pressed them into the cup that I held, and I handed the cup to Pharaoh.”
12 Joseph said to him: "This is what it means. The three branches are three days;	12 Joseph responded: “This is the interpretation of the dream. The three shoots are the next three days,
13 within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your post. You will be handing Pharaoh his cup as you formerly used to do when you were his cupbearer.	13 after which Pharaoh will remember your service, and he will restore you to your former position. And you will give him the cup according to your office, as you were accustomed to do before.
14 So if you will still remember, when all is well with you, that I was here with you, please do me the favor of mentioning me to Pharaoh, to get me out of this place.	14 Only remember me, when it will be well with you, and do me this mercy, to suggest to Pharaoh to lead me out of this prison.
15 The truth is that I was kidnaped from the land of the Hebrews, and here I have not done anything for which I should have been put into a dungeon."	15 For I have been stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and here, innocently, I was cast into the pit.”
16 When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given this favorable interpretation, he said to him: "I too had a dream. In it I had three wicker baskets on my head;	16 The chief miller of grain, seeing that he had wisely unraveled the dream, said: “I also saw a dream: that I had three baskets of meal above my head,
17 in the top one were all kinds of bakery products for Pharaoh, but the birds were pecking at them out of the basket on my head."	17 and in one basket, which was the highest, I carried all foods that are made by the art of baking, and the birds ate from it.”
18 Joseph said to him in reply: "This is what it means. The three baskets are three days;	18 Joseph responded: “This is the interpretation of the dream. The three baskets are the next three days,
19 within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and have you impaled on a stake, and the birds will be pecking the flesh from your body."	19 after which Pharaoh will carry away your head, and also suspend you from a cross, and the birds will tear your flesh.”
20 And in fact, on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, when he gave a banquet to all his staff, with his courtiers around him, he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and chief baker.	20 The third day thereafter was the birthday of Pharaoh. And making a great feast for his servants, he remembered, during the banquet, the chief cupbearer and the chief miller of grain.
21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his office, so that he again handed the cup to Pharaoh;	21 And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup;
22 but the chief baker he impaled-just as Joseph had told them in his interpretation.	22 the other he hanged on a gallows, and thus the truth of the interpreter of dreams was proven.
23 Yet the chief cupbearer gave no thought to Joseph; he had forgotten him.	23 And although he advanced with so much prosperity, the chief cupbearer forgot his interpreter of dreams.