And the chief steward gave Joseph charge over them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

¶ And they both dreamed a dream, either of them his dream in one night, [a]each one according to the interpretation of his dream, both the butler and the baker of the King of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

And when Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, behold, they were sad.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 40:5 That is, every dream had his interpretation, as the thing afterward declared.

The captain of the guard(A) assigned them to Joseph,(B) and he attended them.

After they had been in custody(C) for some time, each of the two men—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison—had a dream(D) the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.(E)

When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected.

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