Genesis 40:1–8

Joseph Interprets the Officials’ Dreams

¹Now it happened that after these things, ^athe cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

²And Pharaoh was ^afurious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

³So he put them in confinement in the house of the ^acaptain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.

⁴And the captain of the bodyguard appointed Joseph as overseer over them, and he ¹attended to them; and they were in confinement for ²some time.

⁵Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation.

⁶Now Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, and behold, they were dejected.

⁷So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, saying, “^aWhy are your faces so sad today?”

⁸Then they said to him, “^aWe have ¹had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “^bDo not interpretations belong to God? Recount it to me, please.”