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Genesis 40
New International Version
Genesis 40
New International Version
The Cupbearer and the Baker
40 Some time later, the cupbearer(A) and the baker(B) of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was angry(C) with his two officials,(D) the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,(E) in the same prison where Joseph was confined. 4 The captain of the guard(F) assigned them to Joseph,(G) and he attended them.
After they had been in custody(H) for some time, 5 each of the two men—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison—had a dream(I) the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.(J)
6 When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected. 7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody(K) with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”(L)
8 “We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.”(M)
Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God?(N) Tell me your dreams.”
9 So the chief cupbearer(O) told Joseph his dream. He said to him, “In my dream I saw a vine in front of me, 10 and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed,(P) and its clusters ripened into grapes. 11 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.”
12 “This is what it means,(Q)” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.(R) 13 Within three days(S) Pharaoh will lift up your head(T) 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.(U) 14 But when all goes well with you, remember me(V) and show me kindness;(W) mention me to Pharaoh(X) and get me out of this prison. 15 I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews,(Y) and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”(Z)
16 When the chief baker(AA) saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation,(AB) he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets(AC) of bread.[a] 17 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.”
18 “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.(AD) 19 Within three days(AE) Pharaoh will lift off your head(AF) and impale your body on a pole.(AG) And the birds will eat away your flesh.”(AH)
20 Now the third day(AI) was Pharaoh’s birthday,(AJ) and he gave a feast for all his officials.(AK) He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker(AL) in the presence of his officials: 21 He restored the chief cupbearer(AM) to his position,(AN) so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand(AO)— 22 but he impaled the chief baker,(AP) just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.(AQ)
23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.(AR)
Footnotes
- Genesis 40:16 Or three wicker baskets
1 Mosebok 40
Svenska 1917
1 Mosebok 40
Svenska 1917
40 En tid härefter hände sig att den egyptiske konungens munskänk och hans bagare försyndade sig mot sin herre, konungen av Egypten.
2 Och Farao blev förtörnad på sina två hovmän, överste munskänken och överste bagaren,
3 och lät sätta dem i förvar i drabanthövitsmannens hus, i samma fängelse där Josef satt fången.
4 Och hövitsmannen för drabanterna anställde Josef hos dem till att betjäna dem; och de sutto där i förvar en tid.
5 Medan nu den egyptiske konungens munskänk och bagare sutto fångna i fängelset, hade de båda under samma natt var sin dröm, vardera med sin särskilda betydelse.
6 Och när Josef om morgonen kom in till dem, fick han se att de voro bedrövade.
7 Då frågade han Faraos hovmän, som med honom sutto i förvar i hans herres hus: »Varför sen I så sorgsna ut i dag?»
8 De svarade honom: »Vi hava haft en dröm, och ingen finnes, som kan uttyda den.» Josef sade till dem: »Att giva uttydningen är ju Guds sak; förtäljen drömmen för mig.»
9 Då förtäljde överste munskänken sin dröm för Josef och sade till honom: »Jag drömde att ett vinträd stod framför mig;
10 på vinträdet voro tre rankor, och knappt hade det skjutit skott, så slogo dess blommor ut och dess klasar buro mogna druvor.
11 Och jag hade Faraos bägare i min hand, och jag tog druvorna och pressade ut dem i Faraos bägare och gav Farao bägaren i handen.»
12 Då sade Josef till honom: »Detta är uttydningen: de tre rankorna betyda tre dagar;
13 om tre dagar skall Farao upphöja ditt huvud och sätta dig åter på din plats, så att du får giva Farao bägaren i handen likasom förut, då du var hans munskänk.
14 Men tänk på mig, när det går dig väl, så att du gör barmhärtighet med mig och nämner om mig för Farao och skaffar mig ut från detta hus;
15 ty jag är med orätt bortförd från hebréernas land, och icke heller här har jag gjort något varför jag borde sättas i fängelse.»
16 Då nu överste bagaren såg att Josef hade givit en god uttydning, sade han till honom: »Också jag hade en dröm. Jag tyckte att jag bar tre vetebrödskorgar på mitt huvud.
17 Och i den översta korgen funnos bakverk av alla slag, sådant som Farao plägar äta; men fåglarna åto därav ur korgen på mitt huvud.»
18 Då svarade Josef och sade: »Detta är uttydningen: de tre korgarna betyda tre dagar;
19 om tre dagar skall Farao upphöja ditt huvud och taga det av dig; han skall upphänga dig på trä, och fåglarna skola äta ditt kött.»
20 På tredje dagen därefter, då det var Faraos födelsedag, gjorde denne ett gästabud för alla sina tjänare. Då upphöjde han, bland sina tjänare, såväl överste munskänkens huvud som överste bagarens.
21 Han insatte överste munskänken åter i hans ämbete, så att han fick giva Farao bägaren i handen;
22 men överste bagaren lät han upphänga, såsom Josef hade sagt dem i sin uttydning.
23 Men överste munskänken tänkte icke på Josef, utan glömde honom.
Genesis 40
King James Version
Genesis 40
King James Version
40 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.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
5 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.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
7 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?
8 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.
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
10 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:
11 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.
12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
13 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.
14 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:
15 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.
16 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:
17 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.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
19 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.
20 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.
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
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