| Chapter 40 |
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And it came to pass after these things, that the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. |
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And Pharaoh was wroth with his two chamberlains -- with the chief of the cup-bearers and with the chief of the bakers; |
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and he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned. |
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And the captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to them, that he should attend on them. And they were several days in custody. |
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And they dreamed a dream, both of them in one night, each his dream, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the cup-bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the tower-house. |
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And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and behold, they were sad. |
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And he asked Pharaoh`s chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord`s house, saying, Why are your faces so sad to-day? |
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And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me your dreams, I pray you. |
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Then the chief of the cup-bearers 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: its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into 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 gave the cup into Pharaoh`s hand. |
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And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days. |
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In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head and restore thee to thy place, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh`s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his cup-bearer. |
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Only bear a remembrance with thee of me when it goes well with thee, and deal kindly, I pray thee, with me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house; |
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for indeed I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. |
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And when the chief of the bakers saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head. |
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And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the baker makes, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head. |
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And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days. |
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In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee. |
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And it came to pass the third day -- Pharaoh`s birthday -- that he made a feast to all his bondmen. And he lifted up the head of the chief of the cup-bearers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his bondmen. |
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And he restored the chief of the cup-bearers to his office of cup-bearer again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh`s hand. |
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And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them. |
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But the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him. |