Vayeshev

(1) Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt gave offense to their lord the king of Egypt.(2) Pharaoh was angry with his two courtiers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,(3) and put them in custody, in the house of the prefect, in the same prison house where Joseph was confined.(4) The prefect assigned Joseph to them, and he attended them. When they had been in custody for some time,(5) both of them—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—dreamed in the same night, each his own dream and each dream with its own meaning.(6) When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.(7) He asked Pharaoh’s courtiers, who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you appear downcast today?”(8) And they said to him, “We had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” So Joseph said to them, “Surely God can interpret! Tell me [your dreams].”(9) Then the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph. He said to him, “In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.(10) On the vine were three branches. It had barely budded, when out came its blossoms and its clusters ripened into grapes.(11) Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”(12) Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: The three branches are three days.(13) In three days Pharaoh will pardon you and restore you to your post; you will place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, as was your custom formerly when you were his cupbearer.(14) But think of me when all is well with you again, and do me the kindness of mentioning me to Pharaoh, so as to free me from this place.(15) For in truth, I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews; nor have I done anything here that they should have put me in the dungeon.”(16) When the chief baker saw how favorably he had interpreted, he said to Joseph, “In my dream, similarly, there were three openwork baskets on my head.(17) In the uppermost basket were all kinds of food for Pharaoh that a baker prepares; and the birds were eating it out of the basket above my head.”(18) Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation: The three baskets are three days.(19) In three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale you upon a pole; and the birds will pick off your flesh.”(20) On the third day—his birthday—Pharaoh made a banquet for all his officials, and he singled out his chief cupbearer and his chief baker from among his officials.(21) He restored the chief cupbearer to his cupbearing, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand;(22) but the chief baker he impaled—just as Joseph had interpreted to them.(23) Yet the chief cupbearer did not think of Joseph; he forgot him.

(1) And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Miżrayim, and his baker, offended their lord the king of Miżrayim. (2) And Par῾o was angry against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. (3) And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Yosef was bound. (4) And the captain of the guard charged Yosef with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in custody. (5) And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream on the same night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Miżrayim, who were bound in the prison. (6) And Yosef came in to them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. (7) And he asked Par῾o’s officers that were with him in custody in his lord’s house, saying, Why do you look so sadly today? (8) And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Yosef said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. (9) And the chief butler told his dream to Yosef, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; (10) and on the vine were three tendrils: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes: (11) and Par῾o’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Par῾o’s cup, and I gave the cup into Par῾o’s hand. (12) And Yosef said to him, This is the interpretation of it: The three tendrils are three days: (13) within another three days shall Par῾o lift up thy head, and restore thee to thy place: and thou shalt deliver Par῾o’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. (14) But think of me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, to me, and make mention of me to Par῾o, and bring me out of this house: (15) for I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. (16) When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Yosef, I also in my dream, behold, I had three baskets of white bread on my head. (17) And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Par῾o; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. (18) And Yosef answered and said, This is its interpretation: The three baskets are three days: (19) within another three days shall Par῾o lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. (20) And it came to pass on the third day, which was Par῾o’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. (21) And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Par῾o’s hand; (22) but he hanged the chief baker: as Yosef had interpreted to them. (23) Nevertheless the chief butler did not remember Yosef, but forgot him.