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Genesis 40:6-12 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

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.

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