Genesis 40:9–23

⁹Then the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and he said to him, “In my dream, now behold, there was a vine before me, ¹⁰and on the vine were three branches. And as it budded, its blossoms came up, and its clusters of grapes grew ripe. ¹¹And the cup of Pharaoh was in my hand, and I took the grapes and squeezed them into the cup of Pharaoh. Then I placed the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.” ¹²Then Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: The three branches, they are three days. ¹³In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and will restore you to your office. And you shall put the cup of Pharaoh into his hand as was formerly the custom, when you were his cupbearer. ¹⁴But remember me when it goes well with you, and please may you show kindness with respect to me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. ¹⁵For I was surely kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me in this pit.” ¹⁶And when the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good he said to Joseph, “I also dreamed. In my dream, now behold, there were three baskets of bread upon my head. ¹⁷And in the upper basket were all sorts of baked foods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket upon my head.” ¹⁸Then Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: The three baskets, they are three days. ¹⁹In three days Pharaoh will lift your head from you and hang you on a pole,^b and the birds will eat your flesh from you.” ²⁰And it happened that on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants. ²¹And he restored the chief cupbearer to his cupbearing position. And he placed the cup in the hand of Pharaoh. ²²But the chief baker he hanged as Joseph had interpreted to them. ²³But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.