Genesis:40

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drb @Genesis:40:1 @After this , it came to pass , that two eunuchs , the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt , offended their lord . drb @Genesis:40:2 @And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief butler , the other chief baker ) drb @Genesis:40:3 @He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers , in which Joseph also was prisoner , drb @Genesis:40:4 @But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph , and he served them . Some little time passed , and they were kept in custody . drb @Genesis:40:5 @And they both dreamed a dream the same night , according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves : drb @Genesis:40:6 @And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning , and saw them sad , drb @Genesis:40:7 @He asked them , saying : Why is your oountenance sadder to day than usual ? drb @Genesis:40:8 @They answered : We have dreamed a dream , and there is nobody to interpret it to us . And Joseph said to them : Both not interpretation belong to God ? Tell me what you have dreamed . g The chief butler first told his dream : I saw before me a vine , drb @Genesis:40:9 @On which were three branches , which by little and little sent out buds , and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes : drb @Genesis:40:10 @And the cup of Pharao was in my hand : and I took the grapes , and pressed them into the cup which I held , and I gave the cup to Pharao . drb @Genesis:40:11 @Joseph answered : This is the interpretation of the dream : The three branches are yet three days : drb @Genesis:40:12 @After which Pharao will remember thy service , and will restore thee to thy former place : and thou shah present him the cup according to thy office , as before thou wast wont to do . drb @Genesis:40:13 @Only remember me , when it shall be well with thee , and do me this kindness : to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison : drb @Genesis:40:14 @For I was stolen away out of the land I of the Hebrews , and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon . drb @Genesis:40:15 @The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream , said : I also dreamed a dream , That I bed three baskets of meal upon my heed : drb @Genesis:40:16 @And that in one basket which was uppermost , I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking , and that the birds ate out of it . drb @Genesis:40:17 @Joseph answered : This is the interpretation of the dream : The three baskets are yet three days : drb @Genesis:40:18 @After which Pharao will take thy hand from thee , and hang thee on a cross , and the birds shall tear thy flesh . drb @Genesis:40:19 @The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao : and he made a . great feast for his servants , and at the banquet remembered the chief butler , and the chief baker . drb @Genesis:40:20 @And he restored the one to his place to present him the cup : drb @Genesis:40:21 @The other he hanged on a gibbet , that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn . drb @Genesis:40:22 @But the chief butler , when things prospered with him , forgot his interpreter .

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