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19 So it was, when his master heard the me; make mention of me to Pharaoh, and get
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words which his wife spoke to him, saying, me out of this house. For indeed I was stolen
“Your servant did to me after this manner,” away from the land of the Hebrews; and also I
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that his anger was aroused. Then Joseph’s have done nothing here that they should put
master took him and put him into the prison, a me into the dungeon.”
place where the king’s prisoners were con- 16 When the chief baker saw that the inter-
fined. And he was there in the prison. But the pretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also
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LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, was in my dream, and there were three white
and He gave him favor in the sight of the keep- baskets on my head. In the uppermost bas-
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er of the prison. And the keeper of the prison ket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh,
committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners and the birds ate them out of the basket on my
who were in the prison; whatever they did head.”
there, it was his doing. The keeper of the 18 So Joseph answered and said, “This is the
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prison did not look into anything that was interpretation of it: The three baskets are three
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under Joseph’s authority, because the LORD days. Within three days Pharaoh will lift off
was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD your head from you and hang you on a tree;
made it prosper. and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”
It came to pass after these things that 20 Now it came to pass on the third day, which
40 the butler and the baker of the king of was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast
Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. for all his servants; and he lifted up the head
2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, of the chief butler and of the chief baker
the chief butler and the chief baker. So he put among his servants. Then he restored the
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them in custody in the house of the captain of chief butler to his butlership again, and he
the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. But he
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was confined. And the captain of the guard hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had inter-
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charged Joseph with them, and he served preted to them. Yet the chief butler did not
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them; so they were in custody for a while. remember Joseph, but forgot him.
5 Then the butler and the baker of the king of
Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a Psalm 10:1–11
dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one hy do You stand afar off, O LORD?
night and each man’s dream with its own inter- WWhy do You hide in times of trouble?
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pretation. And Joseph came in to them in the 2 The wicked in his pride
morning and looked at them, and saw that persecutes the poor;
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they were sad. So he asked Pharaoh’s officers Let them be caught in the plots which
who were with him in the custody of his lord’s they have devised.
house, saying, “Why do you look so sad
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today?” For the wicked boasts of his heart’s
8 And they said to him, “We each have had a desire;
dream, and there is no interpreter of it.” He blesses the greedy and renounces
So Joseph said to them, “Do not interpreta- the LORD.
tions belong to God? Tell them to me, please.” 4 The wicked in his proud countenance
9 Then the chief butler told his dream to Jo- does not seek God;
seph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a God is in none of his thoughts.
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vine was before me, and in the vine were 5 His ways are always prospering;
three branches; it was as though it budded, its Your judgments are far above, out of
blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought his sight;
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forth ripe grapes. Then Pharaoh’s cup was in As for all his enemies, he sneers at
my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them.
them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup 6 He has said in his heart,
in Pharaoh’s hand.” “I shall not be moved;
12 And Joseph said to him, “This is the inter-
pretation of it: The three branches are three 7 I shall never be in adversity.”
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit
days. Now within three days Pharaoh will lift and oppression;
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up your head and restore you to your place, Under his tongue is trouble
and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand and iniquity.
according to the former manner, when you
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were his butler. But remember me when it is 8 He sits in the lurking places
well with you, and please show kindness to of the villages;
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