¶ And it came¹ to pass after these things, that the butler² of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

And Pharaoh was wroth³ against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers⁴, and against the chief of the bakers.

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place⁵ where Joseph was bound⁶.

And the captain⁷ of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season⁸ in ward.

¶ And they⁹ 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.

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold,¹⁰ they were sad.

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore¹¹ look ye so sadly to day¹²?

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not¹³ interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine¹⁴ was before me;

¶ And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded¹⁵, and her blossoms¹⁶ shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took¹⁷ the grapes, and pressed¹⁸ them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand¹⁹.

And Joseph said unto him, This²⁰ is the interpretation of it: The three²¹ branches are three days:

Yet within²² three days shall²³ Pharaoh lift up thine head²⁴, 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.

But think on me²⁵ when it shall be well with thee, and shew²⁶ kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

For indeed I was stolen²⁷ away out of the land of the Hebrews²⁸: and here also have I done²⁹ nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

When the chief³⁰ baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets³¹ on my head:

And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats³² for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

³³And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

Yet within³⁴ three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee,³⁵ and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds³⁶ shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

¶ And it came to pass the third day³⁷, which was Pharaoh's birthday³⁸, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up³⁹ the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup⁴⁰ into Pharaoh's hand:

But he hanged⁴¹ the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him⁴².