Pharaoh became offended at his chief butler and his chief baker, and
cast them into the prison where Joseph was. When Joseph came to them one
morning, he saw that they were sad. The butler said: I dreamed that I
saw a vine with three branches, and on the branches were grapes. I took
them and pressed the juice into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into
Pharaoh’s hand. Joseph said: Within three days Pharaoh will restore thee
unto thine office; but have me in remembrance who am innocent in this
prison.--The baker told his dream and said: I had three baskets of white
bread on my head, and in the uppermost basket there was baked food for
Pharaoh; and the birds did eat it out of the basket. Joseph said: In
three days Pharaoh shall take thy head. And it came to pass, as Joseph
had interpreted; but the butler forgot him.
Two years afterward Pharaoh dreamed that he stood by the river Nile.
Then there came up out of the river seven fat cows and grazed on the
bank. After them came seven lean cows, and devoured the former, but they
were still lean. Afterwards he dreamed that seven full and good ears of
grain grew on one stalk, and after them seven thin ears that swallowed
the former. None of the wise men of Egypt could interpret the dream.
Then the butler remembered Joseph, and Pharaoh sent and called Joseph
out of the prison, and said: I have heard say of thee that when thou
hearest a dream thou canst interpret it. Joseph answered: It is not in
me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace. When he had heard the
dreams, he interpreted them thus: There shall come seven years of great
plenty, and after them seven years of famine that shall consume all that
remains from the seven years of plenty. When Pharaoh heard the
interpretation he set Joseph over the whole land of Egypt, and Joseph
went through the land, and stored up grain during the seven years of
plenty. (Gen. 40, 41.)