New International Reader's Version

Genesis 40:1-9 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. Some time later, the Egyptian king's baker and wine taster did something their master didn't like.

2. So Pharaoh became angry with his two officials, the chief wine taster and the chief baker.

3. He put them in prison in the house of the captain of the palace guard. It was the same prison where Joseph was kept.

4. The captain put Joseph in charge of those men. So Joseph took care of them. Some time passed while they were in prison.

5. Then each of the two men had a dream. The men were the Egyptian king's baker and wine taster. They were being held in prison. Both of them had dreams the same night. Each of their dreams had its own meaning.

6. Joseph came to them the next morning. He saw that they were sad.

7. They were Pharaoh's officials, and they were in prison with Joseph in his master's house. So he asked them, "Why do you look so sad today?"

8. "We both had dreams," they answered. "But no one can tell us what they mean." Then Joseph said to them, "Only God knows what dreams mean. Tell me your dreams."

9. So the chief wine taster told Joseph his dream. He said to him, "In my dream I saw a vine in front of me.