Gênesis 40

¹ And after these things, the butler of the King of Egypt and his baker offended their lorde the King of Egypt.

² And Pharaoh was angrie against his two officers, against the chiefe butler, and against the chiefe baker.

³ And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place whereGod works in many wonderful ways to deliver his own.Joseph [was] bound.

⁴ And the chiefe steward gaue Ioseph charge ouer them, and he serued them: and they continued a season in warde.

⁵ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night,That is, every dream had his interpretation, as the thing afterward declared.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.

⁶ And when Ioseph came in vnto them in the morning, and looked vpon them, beholde, they were sad.

⁷ And he asked Pharaohs officers, that were with him in his masters warde, saying, Wherefore looke ye so sadly to day?

⁸ And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them,Cannot God raise up such as shall interpret such things.[Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you.

⁹ So the chiefe butler tolde his dreame to Ioseph, and said vnto him, In my dreame, behold, a vine was before me,

¹⁰ And in the vine were three branches, and as it budded, her flowre came foorth: and the clusters of grapes waxed ripe.

¹¹ And I had Pharaohs cup in mine hande, and I tooke the grapes, & wrung the into Pharaohs cup, and I gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand.

¹² And Joseph said unto him, ThisHe was reassured by the spirit of God, that his interpretation was true.[is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:

¹³ Within three dayes shall Pharaoh lift vp thine head, & restore thee vnto thine office, and thou shalt giue Pharaohs cup into his hand after the olde maner, when thou wast his butler.

¹⁴ But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, andHe does not refuse the method of deliverance which he thought God had appointed.make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

¹⁵ For I was stollen away by theft out of the land of the Ebrewes, and here also haue I done nothing, wherefore they should put mee in the dungeon.

¹⁶ When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also [was] in my dream, and, behold, [I had] threeThat is made of white twigs, or as some read, baskets full of holes.white baskets on my head:

¹⁷ And in the vppermost basket there was of all maner baken meates for Pharaoh: and the birdes did eate them out of the basket vpon mine head.

¹⁸ And Joseph answered and said,He shows that the ministers of God should not conceal that, which God reveals to them.This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:

¹⁹ Within three dayes shall Pharaoh take thine head from thee, & shal hang thee on a tree, and the birdes shall eate thy flesh from off thee.

²⁰ And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh'sWhich was an occasion to appoint his officers, and to examine those who were in prison.birthday, that he made a feast unto 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 chiefe butler vnto his butlershippe, who gaue the cup into Pharaohs hande,

²² But he hanged the chiefe baker, as Ioseph had interpreted vnto them.

²³ Yet the chiefe butler did not remember Ioseph, but forgate him.