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After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.
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And Pharao being angry with them, (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker,)
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He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.
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But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.
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And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:
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And when Joseph was come into them in the morning, and saw them sad,
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He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?
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They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed:
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The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,
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On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:
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And the cup of Pharao was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao.
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Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches, are yet three days:
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After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou was wont to do.
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Only remember me when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison:
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For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.
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The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head:
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And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.
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Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets, are yet three days:
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After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.
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The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker.
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And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup:
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The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.
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But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.
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