4. The captain put Joseph in charge of those men. So Joseph took care of them. Some time passed while they were in prison.
5. Then each of the two men had a dream. The men were the Egyptian king's baker and wine taster. They were being held in prison. Both of them had dreams the same night. Each of their dreams had its own meaning.
6. Joseph came to them the next morning. He saw that they were sad.
7. They were Pharaoh's officials, and they were in prison with Joseph in his master's house. So he asked them, "Why do you look so sad today?"
8. "We both had dreams," they answered. "But no one can tell us what they mean." Then Joseph said to them, "Only God knows what dreams mean. Tell me your dreams."
9. So the chief wine taster told Joseph his dream. He said to him, "In my dream I saw a vine in front of me.
10. There were three branches on the vine. As soon as it budded, it flowered. And bunches of ripe grapes grew on it.
11. "Pharaoh's cup was in my hand. I took the grapes. I squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup. Then I put the cup in his hand."
12. "Here's what your dream means," Joseph said to him. "The three branches are three days.
13. In three days Pharaoh will let you out of prison. He'll give your position back to you. And you will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand. That's what you used to do when you were his wine taster.
14. "But when everything is going well with you, remember me. Do me a favor. Speak to Pharaoh about me. Get me out of this prison.
15. I was taken away from the land of the Hebrews by force. Even here I haven't done anything to be put in prison for."
16. The chief baker saw that Joseph had given a positive meaning to the wine taster's dream. So he said to Joseph, "I had a dream too. There were three baskets of bread on my head.
17. All kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh were in the top basket. But the birds were eating them out of the basket that was on my head."