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Genesis 40
After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler
and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.
And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief
butler, the other chief baker)
He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers,
in which Joseph also was prisoner,
But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph,
and he served them. Some little time passed, and they
were kept in custody.
And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according
to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:
And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning,
and saw them sad,
He asked them, saying: Why is your oountenance sadder
to day than usual?
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,
On which were three branches, which by little and little
sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth
ripe grapes :
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.
Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream:
The three branches are yet three days:
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.
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:
For I was stolen away out of the land I of the Hebrews,
and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.
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:
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.
Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream:
The three baskets are yet three days:
After which Pharao will take thy hand from thee, and
hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.
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.
And he restored the one to his place to present him
the cup:
The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the
interpreter might be shewn.
But the chief butler, when things prospered with him,
forgot his interpreter. |