Genesis 40:1–8

Joseph Interprets a Dream

¹Then it came about after these things, ^athe cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

²Pharaoh 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.

⁴The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he ¹took care of 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.

⁶¹When Joseph came to them in the morning and observed them, ²behold, they were dejected.

⁷He asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, “^1aWhy 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? Tell it to me, please.”