Genesis 40:1-11 ▼

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.

11 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes and squeezed them into it. I put the cup in Pharaoh's hand.|