Genesis 40 ISV NLT Parallel

◄ Genesis 40 ►

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1Some time later, both the senior security advisor to the king of Egypt and his head chef offended their master, Egypt's king.

1Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master.

2Pharaoh was so angry with his two officers—his senior security advisor and his head chef—

2Pharaoh became angry with these two officials,

3that he locked them up in the prison dungeon operated by the captain of the guard, the very place where Joseph was imprisoned.

3and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.

4The captain of the guard entrusted them to Joseph's custody, who took care of them, since they were to remain there in custody for a number of days.

4They remained in prison for quite some time, and the captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, who looked after them.

5Then the two of them each had a dream. They both had their dreams the same night, and there were separate interpretations for each dream—the senior security advisor and the head chef to the king of Egypt, who had confined them in prison.

5While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.

6When Joseph came to see them in the morning, he noticed how downcast they looked! They were both very sad.

6When Joseph saw them the next morning, he noticed that they both looked upset.

7So he asked Pharaoh's officers, who were with him in prison in his master's house, "Why are you so sad today?"

7“Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them.

8"We had a dream," they replied, "but there's no one to interpret it." "Interpretations belong to God," Joseph told them, "so please tell me your stories."

8And they replied, “We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.” “Interpreting dreams is God’s business,” Joseph replied. “Go ahead and tell me your dreams.”

9So the senior security advisor related his dream to Joseph. "In my dream," he said, "all of a sudden there was a vine in front of me!

9So the chief cup-bearer told Joseph his dream first. “In my dream,” he said, “I saw a grapevine in front of me.

10On the vine were three branches that budded. Blossoms shot out, and clusters grew up that produced ripe grapes.

10The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes.

11Then, with Pharaoh's cup in my hand, I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, then handed the cup directly to Pharaoh."

11I was holding Pharaoh’s wine cup in my hand, so I took a cluster of grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

12Then Joseph told him, "This is what your dream means: The three branches are three days.

12“This is what the dream means,” Joseph said. “The three branches represent three days.

13Within three days, Pharaoh will encourage you and return you to your responsibilities. You'll attend to Pharaoh's personal wine cup, just as you did when you were his senior security advisor.

13Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you to your position as his chief cup-bearer.

14But keep me in mind when things go well for you. Be sure to extend kindness to me by remembering me to Pharaoh. Bring me out of this prison,

14And please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place.

15because I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. Not only that, I haven't done anything that deserves me being confined to this pit."

15For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”

16When the head chef heard that the interpretation was good, he told Joseph, "I was also in my dream. All of a sudden, there were three baskets with white bread stacked on top of my head.

16When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given the first dream such a positive interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I had a dream, too. In my dream there were three baskets of white pastries stacked on my head.

17There was all kinds of food in the basket that was on top, including baked food for Pharaoh. The birds were eating them from the basket on my head."

17The top basket contained all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them from the basket on my head.”

18Joseph replied, "This is what your dream means: The three baskets are also three days.

18“This is what the dream means,” Joseph told him. “The three baskets also represent three days.

19Within three more days, Pharaoh will behead you and hang you on gallows, where birds will eat your flesh from you."

19Three days from now Pharaoh will lift you up and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh.”

20On the third day, which just happened to be Pharaoh's birthday, he threw a party for all his servants. He lifted the head of both his senior security advisor and of his head chef in front of his servants—

20Pharaoh’s birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials.

21that is, he restored his senior security advisor to his former responsibilities, including attending to Pharaoh's personal wine cup,

21He then restored the chief cup-bearer to his former position, so he could again hand Pharaoh his cup.

22but he beheaded and hanged the head chef, just as Joseph had interpreted for them.

22But Pharaoh impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had predicted when he interpreted his dream.

23Despite all of this, the senior security advisor not only didn't remember Joseph, he deliberately forgot him.

23Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought.

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