Lexham English Bible

Genesis 40:11-23 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11. And the cup of Pharaoh was in my hand, and I took the grapes and squeezed them into the cup of Pharaoh. Then I placed the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.”

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

13. In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and will restore you to your office. And you shall put the cup of Pharaoh into his hand as was formerly the custom, when you were his cupbearer.

14. But remember me when it goes well with you, and please may you show kindness with respect to me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

15. For I was surely kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me in this pit.”

16. And when the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good he said to Joseph, “I also dreamed. In my dream, now behold, there were three baskets of bread upon my head.

17. And in the upper basket were all sorts of baked foods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket upon my head.”

18. Then Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: The three baskets, they are three days.

19. In three days Pharaoh will lift your head from you and hang you on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

20. And it happened that on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, 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 in the midst of his servants.

21. And he restored the chief cupbearer to his cupbearing position. And he placed the cup in the hand of Pharaoh.

22. But the chief baker he hanged as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23. But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.