Genesis 40:1-13

1After this, the king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

3and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guards in the prison where Joseph was confined.

4The captain of the guards assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant, and they were in custody for some time.

5The king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked distraught.

7So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

8“We had dreams,” they said to him, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

9So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: “In my dream there was a vine in front of me.

10On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.

11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

12“This is its interpretation,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.

13In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.