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Genesis 40:1-10 God's Word Translation (GW)

1. Later the king’s cupbearer and his baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

2. Pharaoh was angry with his chief cupbearer and his chief baker.

3. He put them in the prison of the captain of the guard, the same place where Joseph was a prisoner.

4. The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them.After they had been confined for some time,

5. both prisoners—the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt—had dreams one night. Each man had a dream with its own special meaning.

6. When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were upset.

7. So he asked these officials of Pharaoh who were with him in his master’s prison, “Why do you look so unhappy today?”

8. “We both had dreams,” they answered him, “but there’s no one to tell us what they mean.”“Isn’t God the only one who can tell what they mean?” Joseph asked them. “Why don’t you tell me all about them.”

9. So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said “In my dream a grapevine with three branches appeared in front of me.

10. Soon after it sprouted it blossomed. Then its clusters ripened into grapes.

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