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.
10. On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
11. Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
12. “This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent three days.
13. In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.
14. But remember me when it goes well for you, and show me kindness. Make mention of me to Pharaoh and bring me out of this prison,
15. for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon.”
16. When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head.