Genesis 39:21-40:8

New American Standard Bible

²¹ But ^(A)the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and ^(B)gave him favor in the sight of the warden of the prison. ²² And the warden of the prison ^[a](C)put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison; so that whatever was done there, he was ^[b]responsible for it. ^23 (D)The warden of the prison did not supervise anything ^[c]under Joseph’s authority, because ^(E)the Lord was with him; and, ^(F)the Lord made whatever he did prosper.

Joseph Interprets Dreams

40 Then it came about after these things, that ^(G)the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. ² And Pharaoh was ^(H)furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. ³ So he put them in confinement in the house of the ^(I)captain of the bodyguard, in the prison, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned. ⁴ And the captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he ^[d]took care of them; and they were in confinement for ^[e]some time. ⁵ Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation. ^6 [f]When Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, ^[g]behold, they were dejected. ⁷ So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, “^[h](J)Why are your faces so sad today?” ⁸ And they said to him, “^(K)We have ^[i]had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “^(L)Do interpretations not belong to God? Tell it to me, please.”