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And 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 .
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And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers .
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And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard , into the prison , the place where Joseph was bound .
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And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
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And 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 .
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And Joseph came in unto them in the morning , and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
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And 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 ?
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And 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.
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And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph , and said to him, In my dream , behold, a vine was before me;
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And 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:
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And 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 .
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And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days :
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Yet 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.
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But 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 :
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For 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.
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When 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 :
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And 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 .
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And Joseph answered and said , This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days :
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Yet 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.
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And 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 .
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
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But he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph , but forgat him.