New English Translation

Genesis 40:1-9 New English Translation (NET)

1. After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

2. Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,

3. so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

4. The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

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

6. When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were looking depressed.

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

8. They told him, “We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me.”

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