Genesis 40:1-13

New American Standard Bible

Joseph Interprets Dreams

40 Then it came about after these things, that ^(A)the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. ² And Pharaoh was ^(B)furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. ³ So he put them in confinement in the house of the ^(C)captain of the bodyguard, in the prison, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned. ⁴ And the captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he ^[a]took care of them; and they were in confinement for ^[b]some time. ⁵ Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation. ^6 [c]When Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, ^[d]behold, they were dejected. ⁷ So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, “^[e](D)Why are your faces so sad today?” ⁸ And they said to him, “^(E)We have ^[f]had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “^(F)Do interpretations not belong to God? Tell it to me, please.”

⁹ So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, ^[g]saying to him, “In my dream, ^[h]behold, there was a vine in front of me; ¹⁰ and on the vine were three branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes. ¹¹ Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh’s ^[i]hand.” ¹² Then Joseph said to him, “This is the ^(G)interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; ¹³ within three more days Pharaoh will ^[j]lift up your head and restore you to your office; and you will put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand as in your former practice when you were his cupbearer.