JOSEPH COMES IN CONTACT WITH IMPORTANT COURT OFFICIALS AND INTERPRETS THEIR DREAMS (GENESIS 40:1). Genesis 40:1 ‘And it happened after these things that the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt, and his baker, offended their lord the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was angry against his two officers, again... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them and he served them. And they continued for a time in custody.' Such important prisoners were treated with special dignity, a... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And they dreamed a dream, both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man a dream with its own interpretation, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt who were bound in prison.' The scene is now set. Both officers have dreams on the same night, dreams which, we are informed, were... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Joseph came in to them in the morning and saw them, and behold, they were sad. And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were in custody with him in his master's house, “Why are you looking so sad today?” ' When Joseph saw them it was clear to him that something was wrong. And he recognised that it... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the head cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me, and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded and its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes. And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I too... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Joseph said, “This is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three days. Within yet three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand in the same way as when you were his cupbearer. But remember me when it is well w... [ Continue Reading ]
‘When the head baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream and behold three baskets of white bread were on my head, and in the top basket there were all manner of baked foods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.” ' Again we hav... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days. Within yet three days will Pharaoh lift off your head from you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.” ' Will Pharaoh lift off your head.' There is a play on words her... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And it happened on the third day, being Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants, and he restored the chief cupbearer to his cupbearing again and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's h... [ Continue Reading ]