⁹ So the chief cupbearer^(A) 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,^(B) 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,^(C)” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.^{(D) 13} Within three days^(E) Pharaoh will lift up your head^(F) 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.^{(G) 14} But when all goes well with you, remember me^(H) and show me kindness;^(I) mention me to Pharaoh^(J) and get me out of this prison. ¹⁵ I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews,^(K) and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”^(L)

¹⁶ When the chief baker^(M) saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation,^(N) he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets^(O) 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.^{(P) 19} Within three days^(Q) Pharaoh will lift off your head^(R) and impale your body on a pole.^(S) And the birds will eat away your flesh.”^(T)

²⁰ Now the third day^(U) was Pharaoh’s birthday,^(V) and he gave a feast for all his officials.^(W) He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker^(X) in the presence of his officials: ²¹ He restored the chief cupbearer^(Y) to his position,^(Z) so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand^(AA)— ²² but he impaled the chief baker,^(AB) just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.^(AC)

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