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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 40, Verse 3

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And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
King James Version
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph [was] bound.
American Standard Version
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
New English Translation
so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.
World English Bible
He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
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And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
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And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which [were] bound in the prison.
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And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they [were] sad.
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And he asked Pharaoh's officers that [were] with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly to day?
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And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you.
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And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine [was] before me;
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And in the vine [were] three branches: and it [was] as though it budded, [and] her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
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And Pharaoh's cup [was] in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
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And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:
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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.