Genesis 40:1-8
THE DREAMS OF THE TWO PRISONERS... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DREAMS OF THE TWO PRISONERS... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass after these things that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord, the king of Egypt. Joseph was in prison a number of years, since he was only seventeen at the time of his involuntary trip to Egypt and thirty at the time of his release. But while he w... [ Continue Reading ]
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers and against the chief of the bakers.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, in to the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. They were committed to the care of Potiphar, the chief officer of Pharaoh's body-guard who was incidentally the chief executioner, and Potiphar promptly had them transferred to the p... [ Continue Reading ]
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; and they continued a season in ward. Since the prisoners were men of distinction, Potiphar personally arranged for both their safe-keeping and comfort and once more showed favor to Joseph by giving them into his special charg... [ Continue Reading ]
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. It was in the same night that both men dreamed, each one a different dream with a special sign... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JOSEPH CAME IN UNTO THEM IN THE MORNING, AND LOOKED UPON THEM, AND, BEHOLD, THEY WERE SAD. It was not the mere curiosity of the privileged servant that caused Joseph to take note of their attitude, but a real, kindly sympathy.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly today? Uneasy forebodings had stamped their faces with a look of worry and ill-humor.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, WE HAVE DREAMED A DREAM, AND THERE IS NO INTERPRETER OF IT. The interpretation of dreams, which were in those days considered omens for good or evil, was in the hands of a special class of men who derived profit from their work. The prisoners were unable to consult such a per... [ Continue Reading ]
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAMS... [ Continue Reading ]
and in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes;... [ Continue Reading ]
and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. It was a very vivid dream, one in which events ordinarily of long duration were pressed together into the space of a few moments. The grapevine was before butler, its... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days;... [ Continue Reading ]
yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place; and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. God revealed this interpretation to Joseph, and the latter told it in just that way. Pharaoh would lift up t... [ Continue Reading ]
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house;... [ Continue Reading ]
for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. Joseph's plea may well be understood, when he asks the butler to keep him in favorable memory. He explains that he did not flee from his home country on account of... [ Continue Reading ]
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head, three baskets with white bread;... [ Continue Reading ]
and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bake-meats for Pharaoh, fine things to eat of bakery goods; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. In his eagerness to obtain a favorable interpretation for himself, the chief baker overlooked the significant difference in th... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days;... [ Continue Reading ]
yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. In this one point there was the great distinction between the two dreams: it was not Pharaoh that took bread or fine pastry from the hand of the baker,... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants, it being the custom of the ancient kings to celebrate these occasions with a great show of pomp; AND HE LIFTED UP THE HEAD OF THE CHIEF BUTLER AND OF THE CHIEF BAKER AMONG HIS SERVANTS, he ca... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DREAMS COME TRUE... [ Continue Reading ]
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand, he was reinstated in his former office;... [ Continue Reading ]
but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.... [ Continue Reading ]
YET DID NOT THE CHIEF BUTLER REMEMBER JOSEPH, BUT FORGAT HIM. In the happiness attending his deliverance from prison he forgot the humble Hebrew of the prison, for such is the way of the world. Also in this story Joseph is a type of Christ, who, like the Hebrew young man of old, was reckoned with th... [ Continue Reading ]