BERESHITH (GENESIS) 40

Gen 40:1 And after these events it came to be that the cupbearer and the
baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim sinned against their master, the sovereign
of Mitsrayim.
Gen 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth with his two officers, the chief cupbearer
and the chief baker.
Gen 40:3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the
guard, in the prison, the place where Yosĕph was a prisoner.
Gen 40:4 And the captain of the guard put Yosĕph in charge of them, and he
served them. So they were in confinement for some time.
Gen 40:5 Then the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim,
who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, both of them, each man’s
dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.
Gen 40:6 And Yosĕph came in to them in the morning and looked at them and
saw that they were sad.
Gen 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in
confinement of his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Gen 40:8 And they said to him, “We each have dreamed a dream, and there
is no one to interpret it.” And Yosĕph said to them, “Do not interpretations
belong to Elohim? Relate them to me, please.”
Gen 40:9 So the chief cupbearer related his dream to Yosĕph, and said to
him, “See, in my dream a vine was before me,
Gen 40:10 and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it
budded – its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.
Gen 40:11 “And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand. So I took the grapes and
pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
Gen 40:12 And Yosĕph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The
three branches are three days.
Gen 40:13 “Yet, within three days Pharaoh is going to lift up your head and
restore you to your place, and you shall put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand
according to the former ruling, when you were his cupbearer.
Gen 40:14 “But remember me when it is well with you, and please show
kindness to me. And mention me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.
Gen 40:15 “For truly I was stolen away from the land of the Heḇrews. And
also I have done naught that they should put me into the dungeon.”
Gen 40:16 And the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, and he
said to Yosĕph, “I also was in my dream and saw three white baskets were
on my head,
Gen 40:17 and in the uppermost basket all kinds of baked goods for
Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
Gen 40:18 And Yosĕph answered and said, “This is the interpretation of it:
The three baskets are three days.
Gen 40:19 “Yet, within three days Pharaoh is going to lift off your head from
you and hang you on a tree. And the birds shall eat your flesh from you.”
Gen 40:20 And on the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, it came to be that he
made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief
cupbearer and of the chief baker among his servants,
Gen 40:21 and he restored the chief cupbearer to his post of cupbearer
again, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,
Gen 40:22 but he hanged the chief baker, as Yosĕph had interpreted to them.
Gen 40:23 And the chief cupbearer did not remember Yosĕph, but forgot
him.