| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. | 1Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master. |
| 2And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. | 2Pharaoh became angry with these two officials, |
| 3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. | 3and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard. |
| 4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. | 4They remained in prison for quite some time, and the captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, who looked after them. |
| 5And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. | 5While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning. |
| 6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. | 6When Joseph saw them the next morning, he noticed that they both looked upset. |
| 7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? | 7“Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them. |
| 8And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. | 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.” |
| 9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was 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 in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: | 10The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes. |
| 11And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's 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.” |
| 12And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: | 12“This is what the dream means,” Joseph said. “The three branches represent three days. |
| 13Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. | 13Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you to your position as his chief cup-bearer. |
| 14But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: | 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 indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the 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 good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets 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. |
| 17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon 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.” |
| 18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: | 18“This is what the dream means,” Joseph told him. “The three baskets also represent three days. |
| 19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. | 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.” |
| 20And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. | 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. |
| 21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: | 21He then restored the chief cup-bearer to his former position, so he could again hand Pharaoh his cup. |
| 22But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. | 22But Pharaoh impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had predicted when he interpreted his dream. |
| 23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. | 23Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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