1750 Challoner Revision of the Douay-Rheims (DR)

Genesis 40

1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh in prison. 4 Joseph hath charge of them. 5 He interpreteth their dreams. 20 They come to pass according to his interpretation. 23 The ingratitude of the butler.

 40:1 ¶ After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.

 40:2 And Pharao being angry with them, (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker,)

 40:3 He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.

 40:4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.

 40:5 ¶ And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

 40:6 And when Joseph was come into them in the morning, and saw them sad,

 40:7 He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?

 40:8 They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed:

 40:9 The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,

 40:10 On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:

 40:11 And the cup of Pharao was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao.

 40:12 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches, are yet three days:

 40:13 After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou was wont to do.

 40:14 Only remember me when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison:

 40:15 For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

 40:16 The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head:

 40:17 And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.

 40:18 Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets, are yet three days:

 40:19 After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.

 40:20 ¶ The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker.

 40:21 And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup:

 40:22 The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.

 40:23 But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.