| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. | 1Some time later, both the senior security advisor to the king of Egypt and his head chef offended their master, Egypt's king. |
| 2And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker. | 2Pharaoh was so angry with his two officers—his senior security advisor and his head chef— |
| 3So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined. | 3that he locked them up in the prison dungeon operated by the captain of the guard, the very place where Joseph was imprisoned. |
| 4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while. | 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. |
| 5Then 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. | 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. |
| 6And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were sad. | 6When Joseph came to see them in the morning, he noticed how downcast they looked! They were both very sad. |
| 7So 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?” | 7So he asked Pharaoh's officers, who were with him in prison in his master's house, "Why are you so sad today?" |
| 8And 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.” | 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." |
| 9Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a vine was before me, | 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! |
| 10and in the vine were three branches; it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes. | 10On the vine were three branches that budded. Blossoms shot out, and clusters grew up that produced ripe grapes. |
| 11Then 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.” | 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." |
| 12And Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days. | 12Then Joseph told him, "This is what your dream means: The three branches are three days. |
| 13Now 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. | 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. |
| 14But 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. | 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, |
| 15For 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.” | 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." |
| 16When 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. | 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. |
| 17In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket 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." |
| 18So Joseph answered and said, “This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days. | 18Joseph replied, "This is what your dream means: The three baskets are also three days. |
| 19Within 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.” | 19Within three more days, Pharaoh will behead you and hang you on gallows, where birds will eat your flesh from you." |
| 20Now 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. | 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— |
| 21Then he restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. | 21that is, he restored his senior security advisor to his former responsibilities, including attending to Pharaoh's personal wine cup, |
| 22But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. | 22but he beheaded and hanged the head chef, just as Joseph had interpreted for them. |
| 23Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. | 23Despite all of this, the senior security advisor not only didn't remember Joseph, he deliberately forgot him. |
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