1Pharaoh's butler and baker in prison are committed to Joseph's charge. 5He interpreteth their dreams, 20which come to pass according to Joseph's interpretation. 23The ingratitude of the butler.
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1And 1it came to pass after these things, that2the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
2And Pharaoh 1was wroth against two of his 2officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the 1prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
4And the 1captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
5¶ And they 1dreamed 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.
6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were1sad.
7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, 1Wherefore alook ye so sadly to day?
8And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations 1belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a 1vine was before me;
10And 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:
11And 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.
12And Joseph said unto him, 1This is the interpretation of it: The three branches 2are three days:
13Yet 1within three days shall Pharaoh alift 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.
14But athink 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:
15For indeed I was 1stolen away out of 2the land of the Hebrews: and here also have 3I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three awhite baskets on my head:
17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of abakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh alift up thy head from off thee, and shall 1hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20¶ And it came to pass 1the third day, which was Pharaoh's 2birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he alifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
22But he hanged the chief baker: 1as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but 1forgat him.