[40:8] They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it."
Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."
[40:9] The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me, [40:10] and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes. [40:11] 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."
[40:12] Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days. [40:13] Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer. [40:14] But remember me when it will be well with you, and show kindness, please, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. [40:15] 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."
[40:16] When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head. [40:17] In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."
[40:18] Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days. [40:19] Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you." [40:20] It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. [40:21] He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand; [40:22] but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. [40:23] Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
[41:1] It happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river. [41:2] Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass. [41:3] Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river. [41:4] The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke. [41:5] He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good. [41:6] Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. [41:7] The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. [41:8] It happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt's magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
[41:9] Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today. [41:10] Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker. [41:11] We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. [41:12] There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted. [41:13] It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."
[41:14] Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh. [41:15] Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."
[41:16] Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."