Genesis 40 · Parashat Vayeshev

And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Miżrayim, and his baker, offended their lord the king of Miżrayim.

And Par῾o was angry against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Yosef was bound.

And the captain of the guard charged Yosef with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in custody.

And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream on the same night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Miżrayim, who were bound in the prison.

And Yosef came in to them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

And he asked Par῾o’s officers that were with him in custody in his lord’s house, saying, Why do you look so sadly today?

And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Yosef said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

And the chief butler told his dream to Yosef, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

and on the vine were three tendrils: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes:

and Par῾o’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Par῾o’s cup, and I gave the cup into Par῾o’s hand.

And Yosef said to him, This is the interpretation of it: The three tendrils are three days:

within another three days shall Par῾o lift up thy head, and restore thee to thy place: and thou shalt deliver Par῾o’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

But think of me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, to me, and make mention of me to Par῾o, and bring me out of this house:

for 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.

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Yosef, I also in my dream, behold, I had three baskets of white bread on my head.

And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Par῾o; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

And Yosef answered and said, This is its interpretation: The three baskets are three days:

within another three days shall Par῾o lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

And it came to pass on the third day, which was Par῾o’s birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Par῾o’s hand;

but he hanged the chief baker: as Yosef had interpreted to them.

Nevertheless the chief butler did not remember Yosef, but forgot him.