Genesis 40:9–23

⁹So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: “In my dream there was a vine in front of me. ¹⁰On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes. ¹¹Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

¹²“This is its interpretation,” ^qJoseph said to him. “The three branches are three days. ¹³In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head ^rand restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer. ¹⁴But when all goes well for you, remember that I was with you. Please show kindness to me by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this prison. ¹⁵For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, ^sand even here I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.” ^t

¹⁶When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was positive, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream. Three baskets of white bread were on my head. ¹⁷In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

¹⁸“This is its interpretation,” Joseph replied. “The three baskets are three days. ¹⁹In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from off you—and hang you on a tree. ^uThen the birds will eat the flesh from your body.” ^v

²⁰On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. ^w21Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position as cupbearer, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. ²²But Pharaoh hanged ^xthe chief baker, just as Joseph had explained to them. ²³Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. ^y