Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 40

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23 done there he directed it. The com- mander of the tower did not super- intend anything. the whole was in his hands, because the EvEn—1.1v1Ne was with him, and what he did the LORD prospered it. 40 But it occurred after these events, IO II that the butler of the king of the Mitzeraim offended, and the king of the Mitzeraim, his master, was angry. And Pharoh was enraged with two of his oiiicers, with the chief of the butlers, and with the chief of the cooks, and he ordered them to be confined in the house of the Commander of the Guards ——— in the tower-house, »~— the place where joseph was also impri- soned. The Commander ofthe Guards consequently remitted them to joseph , and he kept them, and they were many days under restraint. But they dreamed, both of them, a

dream; each dream in the same night; each dream had a separate appearance, to the butler and to the cook whom the king ofthe Mitzeraim had imprisoned in the tower-house. When joseph came to them in the

morning, the saw their pining gloom, so he asked the odicers of Pharoh who were in his custody in the house Why are your faces sad and sorrowful to·day ? ’ We have

dreamed dreams, and we have not an interpreter! Is not GoD

the interpreter of dreams? Tell to The chief butler therefore told his

dream to joseph and said to him; 'In my dream I saw a vine before me, and on the vine three branches, and the berries grew on them, and the clusters of grapes were ripe, and Pharoh’s cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes and crushed them into the cup of Pharoh, and put the cup into the hand of Pharohf This is the

interpretation. The three branches are three days: after three days hence Pharoh will raise your head, and restore you to your station, and you will give Pharoh’s cup to his hand, as was appointed formerly, when you were his but1er.———Then remember me, because I was kind to you. Do me therefore a kindness, and remind Pharoh of me, and cause him to bring me out of this house, for by treachery I was dragged from the country of the Hebrews, and also here I have done no crime that should put me in a dungeon. When the chief baker saw that the

interpretation was good,,he also said Ihave dreamed as well ; and there were three baskets filled on my head, and in the highest basket of all vietuals for Pharoh, ready baked, but the birds ate them from the basket, from off my head. Then joseph answered and said,

‘This is the interpretation. The three baskets are three days. Three days from hence Pharoh will take your head from off you, and will hang you on a gallows, and the birds shall eat your flesh from off you. ,It happened that three d-ays after

was Pharoh’s birthday, and he made a feast for all his officers, and raised the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his odicers, and restored the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he gave the cup to the hand of Pharoh ; but he hung the chief of the bakers, as joseph had interpreted the dream. The chief ofthe butlers, how- ever, did not remember joseph, but forgot him. 16 18 20 2I 22

Some time after it occurred that 4} Pharoh dreamed, and seemed stand- ing by the river, and saw seven cows 2 come up from the river, beautiful to see, and full fleshed, and they fed upon the rushes. Then he saw seven 3 other cows come up after them from the river, poor to look upon and lean in flesh ; and they approached the cows on the bank of the river, and the cows that were poor to look upon and lean in flesh, ate up the seven beautiful looking and fat cows.-—'l`hen Pharoh awoke. He slept again, and dreamed ; and

saw seven ears of corn spring up from one stalk very beautiful and good. He saw also seven ears of corn spring up after them withered and blighted by the east wind ; and the seven withered ears of corn swallowedthe seven beautiful and good ears. Then Pharoh awoke ;··—and it was a dream. When morning came his spirit was

oppressed ; so he sent and summoned all the writers of Mitzeraim, and all her scientists, and Pharoh related his dreams to them. But there was not an interpreter among them for Pharoh. 40