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Genesis 40:5-16 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

5. Then the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim, who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.

6. And Yosĕph came in to them in the morning and looked at them and saw that they were sad.

7. And he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in confinement of his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

8. And they said to him, “We each have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” And Yosĕph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to Elohim? Relate them to me, please.”

9. So the chief cupbearer related his dream to Yosĕph, and said to him, “See, in my dream a vine was before me,

10. and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded – its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.

11. “And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand. So I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

12. And Yosĕph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.

13. “Yet, within three days Pharaoh is going to lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you shall put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former ruling, when you were his cupbearer.

14. “But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me. And mention me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.

15. “For truly I was stolen away from the land of the Heḇrews. And also I have done naught that they should put me into the dungeon.”

16. And the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, and he said to Yosĕph, “I also was in my dream and saw three white baskets were on my head,

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