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¹AND it came to pass after these things that the chief butler of the king of Egypt and the chief baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. ²And Pharaoh was angry against 2 of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. ³And he put them into the prison in the house of the commander of the guard, in the ward where Joseph was bound. ⁴And the commander of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; and they remained for some time in the prison.

⁵And they both dreamed, each man his own dream in the same night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. ⁶And Joseph came to them in the morning, and saw them, and look, they were sad. ⁷So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in the prison of his master's house, saying, Why do you look so sad today? ⁸And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it. And Joseph said to them, Look, the interpretations belong to God; tell them to me. ⁹Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, look, a vine was before me; ¹⁰And in the vine were 3 branches; and when it budded, its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters 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 hands. ¹²And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of your dream: The 3 branches are 3 days; ¹³After 3 days Pharaoh will remember you and restore you to your position; and you will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, as you did before when you were his butler. ¹⁴But remember me when it will be well with you, and do me a favor and justice, and make mention of me in the presence of Pharaoh, and bring me out of this prison house; ¹⁵For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here I have also done nothing that they should put me into the prison. ¹⁶When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also saw in my dream, and look, I had 3 baskets containing white bread on my head; ¹⁷And in the uppermost basket there was of every kind of food for Pharaoh, prepared by a baker; and the birds of prey were eating it out of the basket on my head. ¹⁸And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of your dream: The 3 baskets are 3 days; ¹⁹After 3 days Pharaoh will have you beheaded, and then will crucify you on a tree, and the birds of prey will eat your flesh from off you.

²⁰And it came to pass on the 3rd day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a banquet for all his servants; and he remembered the chief butler and the chief baker among his servants. ²¹And he restored the chief butler to his position; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hands: ²²But he crucified the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. ²³Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.