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.

¹³ Within three days^(A) Pharaoh will lift up your head^(B) 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.^(C)

²⁰ Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison,^(A) the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.

But while Joseph was there in the prison, ²¹ the Lord was with him;^(B) he showed him kindness^(C) and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.^{(D) 22} So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.^{(E) 23} The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s^(F) care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.^(G)

Mordecai Honored

6 That night the king could not sleep;^(A) so he ordered the book of the chronicles,^(B) the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.

I was cupbearer^(C) to the king.

Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem

2 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,^(D) when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before, ² so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart.”

I was very much afraid,