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Genesis 40 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Joseph Interprets a Dream

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Now some time later, the cupbearer (butler) and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, Egypt’s king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - Pharaoh ([fn]Sesostris II) was extremely angry with his two officials, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - He put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:4 - The captain of the guard put Joseph in charge of them, and he served them; and they continued to be in custody for some time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - Then the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both dreamed a dream in the same night, each man with his [own significant] dream and each dream with its [personal] interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:6 - When Joseph came to them in the morning and looked at them, [he saw that] they were sad and depressed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in confinement with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so down-hearted today?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - And they said to him, “We have [each] dreamed [distinct] dreams and there is no one to interpret them.” So Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell me [your dreams].”

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So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream there was a grapevine in front of me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:10 - and on the vine were three branches. Then as soon as it budded, its blossoms burst open, and its clusters produced ripe grapes [in rapid succession].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:11 - “Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup; then I placed the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:12 - Then Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: the three branches represent three days;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head (present you in public) and restore you to your position; and you will [again] put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand just as [you did] when you were his cupbearer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - “Only think of me when it goes well with you, and please show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:15 - “For in fact I was [fn]taken (stolen) from the land of the Hebrews by [unlawful] force, and even here I have done nothing for which they should put me in the dungeon.”

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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation [of the dream] was good, he said to Joseph, “I also dreamed, and [in my dream] there were three cake baskets on my head;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the top basket there were some of all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds [of prey] were eating [these foods] out of the basket on my head.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18 - Joseph answered, “This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets represent three days;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - within three more days Pharaoh will [fn]lift up your head and will hang you on a tree (gallows, pole), and [you will not so much as be given a burial, but] the birds will eat your flesh.”

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Now on the third day, [which was] the Pharaoh’s birthday, he [released the two men from prison and] made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker [that is, presented them in public] among his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:21 - He restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and the cupbearer [once again] put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:22 - but Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted [the meaning of the dreams] to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:23 - Yet [even after all that] the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot [all about] him.
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AMP Footnotes
Also called Senusret II, 1894-1878 B.C.
The word here is much less personal than “kidnap.” Joseph was considered a “thing”--not a person.
Notice the totally different usage of the words “lift up your head.” In v 13, it is used idiomatically as “present you in public,” but in v 19, it is used literally, “lift your head up off of your body.”
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