Genesis.40

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Gen.40.1

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.

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As time went on, it happened that the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt crossed their master, the king of Egypt.

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Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.

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It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

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Some time later, Pharaoh's chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended him.

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And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

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Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the head cupbearer and the head baker,

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Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

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And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker.

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Pharaoh became very angry with these officials,

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

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and put them in custody under the captain of the guard; it was the same jail where Joseph was held.

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and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.

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So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

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and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of Potiphar, the captain of the guard.

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

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The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to see to their needs. After they had been in custody for a while,

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The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. After they had been in custody for some time,

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

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They remained in prison for quite some time, and Potiphar assigned Joseph to take care of them.

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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.

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the king's cupbearer and baker, while being held in the jail, both had a dream on the same night, each dream having its own meaning.

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each of the two men-the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison-had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

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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.

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One night the cup-bearer and the baker each had a dream, and each dream had its own meaning.

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And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

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When Joseph arrived in the morning, he noticed that they were feeling low.

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When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected.

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

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The next morning Joseph noticed the dejected look on their faces.

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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?

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So he asked them, the two officials of Pharaoh who had been thrown into jail with him, "What's wrong? Why the long faces?"

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So he asked Pharaoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?"

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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?"

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"Why do you look so worried today?" he asked.

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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.

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They said, "We dreamed dreams and there's no one to interpret them." Joseph said, "Don't interpretations come from God? Tell me the dreams."

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"We both had dreams," they answered, "but there is no one to interpret them." Then Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."

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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."

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And they replied, "We both had dreams last night, but there is no one here to tell us what they mean.Interpreting dreams is God's business," Joseph replied. "Tell me what you saw."

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

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First the head cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: "In my dream there was a vine in front of me

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

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

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The cup-bearer told his dream first. "In my dream," he said, "I saw a vine in front of me.

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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:

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with three branches on it: It budded, blossomed, and the clusters ripened into grapes.

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and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes.

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and in the vine were three branches; it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.

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It had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon there were clusters of ripe grapes.

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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.

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I was holding Pharaoh's cup; I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup to Pharaoh."

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Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup and put the cup in his hand."

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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."

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I was holding Pharaoh's wine cup in my hand, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into it. Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand."

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And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

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Joseph said, "Here's the meaning. The three branches are three days.

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"This is what it means," Joseph said to him. "The three branches are three days.

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

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"I know what the dream means," Joseph said. "The three branches mean three days.

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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.

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Within three days, Pharaoh will get you out of here and put you back to your old work--you'll be giving Pharaoh his cup just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.

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Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.

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Now within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler.

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Within three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison and return you to your position as his chief cup-bearer.

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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:

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Only remember me when things are going well with you again--tell Pharaoh about me and get me out of this place.

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But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison.

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But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me; make mention of me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.

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And please have some pity on me when you are back in his favor. Mention me to Pharaoh, and ask him to let me out of here.

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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.

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I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. And since I've been here, I've done nothing to deserve being put in this hole."

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For I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon."

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For indeed I was stolen away from the land of the Hebrews; and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon."

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For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I'm here in jail, but I did nothing to deserve it."

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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:

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When the head baker saw how well Joseph's interpretation turned out, he spoke up: "My dream went like this: I saw three wicker baskets on my head;

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When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, "I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.

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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and there were three white baskets on my head.

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When the chief baker saw that the first dream had such a good meaning, he told his dream to Joseph, too. "In my dream," he said, "there were three baskets of pastries on my head.

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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.

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the top basket had assorted pastries from the bakery and birds were picking at them from the basket on my head."

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In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head."

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In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."

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In the top basket were all kinds of bakery goods for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them."

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And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

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Joseph said, "This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days;

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"This is what it means," Joseph said. "The three baskets are three days.

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So Joseph answered and said, "This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days.

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"I'll tell you what it means," Joseph told him. "The three baskets mean three days.

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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.

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within three days Pharaoh will take off your head, impale you on a post, and the birds will pick your bones clean."

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Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat away your flesh."

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Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you."

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Three days from now Pharaoh will cut off your head and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh."

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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.

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And sure enough, on the third day it was Pharaoh's birthday and he threw a feast for all his servants. He set the head cupbearer and the head baker in places of honor in the presence of all the guests.

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Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:

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Now it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh'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.

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Pharaoh's birthday came three days later, and he gave a banquet for all his officials and household staff. He sent for his chief cup-bearer and chief baker, and they were brought to him from the prison.

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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

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Then he restored the head cupbearer to his cupbearing post; he handed Pharaoh his cup just as before.

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He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh's hand,

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Then he restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

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He then restored the chief cup-bearer to his former position,

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But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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And then he impaled the head baker on a post, following Joseph's interpretations exactly.

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but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.

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But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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but he sentenced the chief baker to be impaled on a pole, just as Joseph had predicted.

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Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

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But the head cupbearer never gave Joseph another thought; he forgot all about him.

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The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

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Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

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Pharaoh's cup-bearer, however, promptly forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought.

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