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| 1Some time later, both the senior security advisor to the king of Egypt and his head chef offended their master, Egypt's king. | 1Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. |
| 2Pharaoh was so angry with his two officers—his senior security advisor and his head chef— | 2And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, |
| 3that he locked them up in the prison dungeon operated by the captain of the guard, the very place where Joseph was imprisoned. | 3and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. |
| 4The captain of the guard entrusted them to Joseph's custody, who took care of them, since they were to remain there in custody for a number of days. | 4The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for some time in custody. |
| 5Then the two of them each had a dream. They both had their dreams the same night, and there were separate interpretations for each dream—the senior security advisor and the head chef to the king of Egypt, who had confined them in prison. | 5And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation. |
| 6When Joseph came to see them in the morning, he noticed how downcast they looked! They were both very sad. | 6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. |
| 7So he asked Pharaoh's officers, who were with him in prison in his master's house, "Why are you so sad today?" | 7So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?” |
| 8"We had a dream," they replied, "but there's no one to interpret it." "Interpretations belong to God," Joseph told them, "so please tell me your stories." | 8They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.” |
| 9So the senior security advisor related his dream to Joseph. "In my dream," he said, "all of a sudden there was a vine in front of me! | 9So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream there was a vine before me, |
| 10On the vine were three branches that budded. Blossoms shot out, and clusters grew up that produced ripe grapes. | 10and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes. |
| 11Then, with Pharaoh's cup in my hand, I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, then handed the cup directly to Pharaoh." | 11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.” |
| 12Then Joseph told him, "This is what your dream means: The three branches are three days. | 12Then Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. |
| 13Within three days, Pharaoh will encourage you and return you to your responsibilities. You'll attend to Pharaoh's personal wine cup, just as you did when you were his senior security advisor. | 13In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer. |
| 14But keep me in mind when things go well for you. Be sure to extend kindness to me by remembering me to Pharaoh. Bring me out of this prison, | 14Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house. |
| 15because I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. Not only that, I haven't done anything that deserves me being confined to this pit." | 15For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.” |
| 16When the head chef heard that the interpretation was good, he told Joseph, "I was also in my dream. All of a sudden, there were three baskets with white bread stacked on top of my head. | 16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head, |
| 17There was all kinds of food in the basket that was on top, including baked food for Pharaoh. The birds were eating them from the basket on my head." | 17and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.” |
| 18Joseph replied, "This is what your dream means: The three baskets are also three days. | 18And Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. |
| 19Within three more days, Pharaoh will behead you and hang you on gallows, where birds will eat your flesh from you." | 19In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.” |
| 20On the third day, which just happened to be Pharaoh's birthday, he threw a party for all his servants. He lifted the head of both his senior security advisor and of his head chef in front of his servants— | 20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. |
| 21that is, he restored his senior security advisor to his former responsibilities, including attending to Pharaoh's personal wine cup, | 21He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. |
| 22but he beheaded and hanged the head chef, just as Joseph had interpreted for them. | 22But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. |
| 23Despite all of this, the senior security advisor not only didn't remember Joseph, he deliberately forgot him. | 23Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. |
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