In prison Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker. Things happen just as he said: the cupbearer is restored and the baker executed. But the cupbearer forgets Joseph.
1 And it came to pass after these things , that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt .
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers , against the chief of the butlers , and against the chief of the bakers .
3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard , into the prison , the place where Joseph was bound .
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward .
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them , each man his dream in one night , each man according to the interpretation of his dream , the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt , which were bound in the prison .
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning , and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad .
7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house , saying , Wherefore look ye so sadly to day ?
8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream , and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God ? tell me them, I pray you.
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph , and said to him, In my dream , behold, a vine was before me ;
10 And in the vine were three branches : and it was as though it budded , and her blossoms shot forth ; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes :
11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand : and I took the grapes , and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup , and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand .
12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days :
13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head , and restore thee unto thy place : and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand , after the former manner when thou wast his butler .
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness , I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh , and bring me out of this house :
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon .
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good , he said unto Joseph , I also was in my dream , and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head :
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh ; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head .
18 And Joseph answered and said , This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days :
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 And it came to pass the third day , which was Pharaoh's birthday , that he made a feast unto all his servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants .
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again ; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand :
22 But he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph , but forgat him.