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40:1  (vii) Some time later it came about that the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker gave offense to their lord the king of Egypt.
40:2  Pharaoh became angry with his two officers the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
40:3  So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, in the same place where Yosef was kept.
40:4  The captain of the guard charged Yosef to be with them, and he became their attendant while they remained in prison.
40:5  One night the two of them, the king of Egypt’s cupbearer and his baker, there in prison, both had dreams, each dream with its own meaning.
40:6  Yosef came in to them in the morning and saw that they looked sad.
40:7  He asked Pharaoh’s officers there with him in the prison of his master’s house, “Why are you looking so sad today?”
40:8  They said to him, “We each had a dream, and there’s no one around who can interpret it.” Yosef said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please.”
40:9  Then the chief cupbearer told Yosef his dream: “In my dream, there in front of me was a vine,
40:10  and the vine had three branches. The branches budded, then it suddenly began to blossom, and finally clusters of ripe grapes appeared.
40:11  Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and gave the cup to Pharaoh.”
40:12  Yosef said to him, “Here is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
40:13  Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office: you will be giving Pharaoh his cup as you used to when you were his cupbearer.
40:14  But remember me when it goes well with you; and show me kindness, please; and mention me to Pharaoh, so that he will release me from this prison.
40:15  For the truth is that I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here too I have done nothing wrong that would justify putting me in this dungeon.”
40:16  When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Yosef, “I too saw in my dream: there were three baskets of white bread on my head.
40:17  In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
40:18  Yosef answered, “Here is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days.
40:19  Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from off of you — he will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.”
40:20  (Maftir) On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a party for all his officials, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his officials.
40:21  He restored the chief cupbearer back to his position, so that he again gave Pharaoh his cup.
40:22  But he hanged the chief baker, as Yosef had interpreted to them.
40:23  Nevertheless, the chief cupbearer didn’t remember Yosef, but forgot him. Haftarah Vayeshev: ‘Amos (Amos) 2:6–3:8 B’rit Hadashah suggested reading for Parashah Vayeshev: Acts 7:9–16 (specifically vv. 9–10)