Genesis 40:16-23

New International Version

¹⁶ When the chief baker^(A) saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation,^(B) he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets^(C) 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.^{(D) 19} Within three days^(E) Pharaoh will lift off your head^(F) and impale your body on a pole.^(G) And the birds will eat away your flesh.”^(H)

²⁰ Now the third day^(I) was Pharaoh’s birthday,^(J) and he gave a feast for all his officials.^(K) He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker^(L) in the presence of his officials: ²¹ He restored the chief cupbearer^(M) to his position,^(N) so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand^(O)— ²² but he impaled the chief baker,^(P) just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.^(Q)

²³ The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.^(R)