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It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord ,
the king of Egypt .
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And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers ,
the chief butler and the chief baker .
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So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard ,
in the prison ,
the place where Joseph was confined .
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And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them ,
and he served them ;
so they were in custody for a while .
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Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt ,
who were confined in the prison ,
had a dream ,
both of them ,
each man '
s dream in one night and each man '
s dream with its own interpretation .
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And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them ,
and saw that they were sad .
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So he asked Pharaoh '
s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord '
s house ,
saying , "
Why do you look so sad today ?"
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And they said to him , "
We each have had a dream ,
and there is no interpreter of it ."
So Joseph said to them , "
Do not interpretations belong to God ?
Tell them to me ,
please ."
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Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph ,
and said to him , "
Behold ,
in my dream a vine was before me ,
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and in the vine were three branches ;
it was as though it budded ,
its blossoms shot forth ,
and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes .
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Then Pharaoh '
s cup was in my hand ;
and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh '
s cup ,
and placed the cup in Pharaoh '
s hand ."
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And Joseph said to him , "
This is the interpretation of it :
The three branches are three days .
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Now within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your place ,
and you will put Pharaoh '
s cup in his hand according to the former manner ,
when you were his butler .
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But remember me when it is well with you ,
and please show kindness to me ;
make mention of me to Pharaoh ,
and get me out of this house .
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For indeed I was stolen away from the land of the Hebrews ;
and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon ."
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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good ,
he said to Joseph , "
I also was in my dream ,
and there were three white baskets on my head .
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In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh ,
and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head ."
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So Joseph answered and said , "
This is the interpretation of it :
The three baskets are three days .
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Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and hang you on a tree ;
and the birds will eat your flesh from you ."
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Now it came to pass on the third day ,
which was Pharaoh '
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 .
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Then he restored the chief butler to his butlership again ,
and he placed the cup in Pharaoh '
s hand .
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But he hanged the chief baker ,
as Joseph had interpreted to them .
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Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph ,
but forgot him .