Genesis 40:1-11

1 his ita gestis accidit ut peccarent duo eunuchi pincerna regis Aegypti et pistor domino suo

2 iratusque Pharao contra eos nam alter pincernis praeerat alter pistoribus

3 misit eos in carcerem principis militum in quo erat vinctus et Ioseph

4 at custos carceris tradidit eos Ioseph qui et ministrabat eis aliquantum temporis fluxerat et illi in custodia tenebantur

5 videruntque ambo somnium nocte una iuxta interpretationem congruam sibi

6 ad quos cum introisset Ioseph mane et vidisset eos tristes

7 sciscitatus est dicens cur tristior est hodie solito facies vestra

8 qui responderunt somnium vidimus et non est qui interpretetur nobis dixitque ad eos Ioseph numquid non Dei est interpretatio referte mihi quid videritis

9 narravit prior praepositus pincernarum somnium videbam coram me vitem

10 in qua erant tres propagines crescere paulatim gemmas et post flores uvas maturescere

11 calicemque Pharaonis in manu mea tuli ergo uvas et expressi in calicem quem tenebam et tradidi poculum Pharaoni

Genesis 40:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 40

The history of this chapter is, the imprisonment of two of Pharaoh's officers, his chief butler and chief baker, who by the captain of the guard were made the charge of Joseph, Ge 40:1-4; they both dreamed in prison, which made them sad; Joseph taking notice of their sadness, asked the reason of it, and encouraged them to tell him their dreams, Ge 40:5-8; the chief butler told his dream of the vine and three branches, which Joseph interpreted of his restoration to his office within three days, and desired him to remember him unto Pharaoh when he stood before him, telling him his case, Ge 40:9-15; then the chief baker told his dream of three white baskets of food on his head, which the birds ate, and this Joseph interpreted of his being hanged within three days, Ge 40:16-19; and the events answered to the interpretation, but Joseph was forgot by the chief butler, Ge 40:20-23.