New King James Version

Genesis 40:4-12 New King James Version (NKJV)

4. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.

5. Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.

6. And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were sad.

7. So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

8. And they said to him, “We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.”So Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.”

9. Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a vine was before me,

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.

11. Then Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

12. And Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.