| 1 After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord. | |
| 2 And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker) | |
| 3 He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner, | |
| 4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody. | |
| 5 And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves: | |
| 6 And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning, and saw them sad, | |
| 7 He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual? | |
| 8 They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed. | |
| 9 The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine, | |
| 10 On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes: | |
| 11 And the cup of Pharao was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao. | |
| 12 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet three days: | |
| 13 After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou wast wont to do. | |
| 14 Only remember me, when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison: | |
| 15 For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon. | |
| 16 The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head: | |
| 17 And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it. | |
| 18 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets are yet three days: | |
| 19 After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh. | |
| 20 The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker. | |
| 21 And he restored the one to his place to present him the cup: | |
| 22 The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn. | |
| 23 But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter. | |
