| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt. | 1Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master. |
| 2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, | 2Pharaoh became angry with these two officials, |
| 3and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined. | 3and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard. |
| 4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time, | 4They remained in prison for quite some time, and the captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, who looked after them. |
| 5both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning. | 5While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning. |
| 6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught. | 6When Joseph saw them the next morning, he noticed that they both looked upset. |
| 7So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?” | 7“Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them. |
| 8“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.” | 8And they replied, “We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.” “Interpreting dreams is God’s business,” Joseph replied. “Go ahead and tell me your dreams.” |
| 9So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me, | 9So the chief cup-bearer told Joseph his dream first. “In my dream,” he said, “I saw a grapevine in front of me. |
| 10and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes. | 10The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes. |
| 11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.” | 11I was holding Pharaoh’s wine cup in my hand, so I took a cluster of grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.” |
| 12Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days. | 12“This is what the dream means,” Joseph said. “The three branches represent three days. |
| 13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer. | 13Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you to your position as his chief cup-bearer. |
| 14But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison. | 14And please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place. |
| 15For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.” | 15For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.” |
| 16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head. | 16When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given the first dream such a positive interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I had a dream, too. In my dream there were three baskets of white pastries stacked on my head. |
| 17In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.” | 17The top basket contained all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them from the basket on my head.” |
| 18Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days. | 18“This is what the dream means,” Joseph told him. “The three baskets also represent three days. |
| 19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.” | 19Three days from now Pharaoh will lift you up and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh.” |
| 20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. | 20Pharaoh’s birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials. |
| 21Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. | 21He then restored the chief cup-bearer to his former position, so he could again hand Pharaoh his cup. |
| 22But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation. | 22But Pharaoh impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had predicted when he interpreted his dream. |
| 23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him. | 23Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought. |
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