Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners' Dreams

40 Some time after this, the ^(A)cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt.

¹³ In three days Pharaoh will ^(A)lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh's cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer.

²⁰ And Joseph's master took him and ^(A)put him into the ^(B)prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. ²¹ But ^(C)the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love ^(D)and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ²² And the keeper of the prison ^(E)put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. ²³ The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because ^(F)the Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.

The King Honors Mordecai

6 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring ^(A)the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

¹¹ O Lord, ^(A)let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”

Now I was ^(B)cupbearer to the king.

Nehemiah Sent to Judah

2 In the month of Nisan, ^(C)in the twentieth year of King ^(D)Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, ^(E)I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. ² And the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing but ^(F)sadness of the heart.” Then I was very much afraid.