3. sent them to the prison of the leader of the military, in which Joseph also was a prisoner.
4. But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, who ministered to them also. Some little time passed by, while they were held in custody.
5. And they both saw a similar dream on one night, whose interpretations should be related to one another.
6. And when Joseph had entered to them in the morning, and had seen them sad,
7. he consulted them, saying, "Why is your expression sadder today than usual?"
8. They responded, "We have seen a dream, and there is no one to interpret it for us." And Joseph said to them, "Doesn't interpretation belong to God? Recount for me what you have seen."
9. The chief cupbearer explained his dream first. "I saw before me a vine,
10. on which were three shoots, which grew little by little into buds, and, after the flowers, it matured into grapes.
11. And the cup of Pharaoh was in my hand. Therefore, I took the grapes, and I pressed them into the cup that I held, and I handed the cup to Pharaoh."
12. Joseph responded: "This is the interpretation of the dream. The three shoots are the next three days,