And he toke Ioseph and put him in pryson: euen in the place where the
kynges prisoners laye bounde. And there contynued he in preson. But
the LORde was with Ioseph ãd shewed him mercie/ and gott him fauoure
in the syghte of the keper of y^e preson which commytted to Iosephs
hãde all the presoners that were in the preson housse. And what soeuer
was done there/ y^t dyd he. And the keper of the presõ loked vnto
nothinge that was vnder his hande/ because the LORde was with him/ &
because that whatsoeuer he dyd/ the LORde made it come luckely to
passe.
The xl. Capter.
And it chaunced after this/ that the chefe butlar of the kynge of
Egipte and his chefe baker had offended there lorde the kynge of
Egypte. And Pharao was angrie with them and put thẽ in warde in his
chefe marshals house: euen in y^e preson where Ioseph was bownd. And
the chefe marshall gaue Ioseph a charge with them/ & he serued them.
And they contynued a season in warde.
And they dreamed ether of them in one nyghte: both the butlar and the
baker of the kynge of Egipte which were bownde in the preson house/
ether of them his dreame/ and eche mãnes dreame of a sondrie
interpretation When Ioseph came in vnto them in the mornynge/ and
loked apon them: beholde/ they were sadd. And he asked them saynge/
wherfore loke ye so sadly to daye? They answered him/ we haue dreamed
a dreame/ and haue no man to declare it. And Ioseph sayde vnto thẽ.
Interpretynge belongeth to God but tel me yet.
And the chefe butlar tolde his dreame to Ioseph and sayde vnto him. In
my dreame me thought there stode a vyne before me/ and in the vyne
were .iij. braunches/ and it was as though it budded/ & her blossõs
shottforth: & y^e grapes thereof waxed rype. And I had Pharaos cuppe
in my hande/ and toke of the grapes and wronge them in to Pharaos
cuppe/ & delyvered Pharaos cuppe in to his hande.
And Ioseph sayde vnto him/ this is the interpretation of it. The .iij.
braunches ar thre dayes: for within thre dayes shall Pharao lyft vp
thine heade/ and restore the vnto thyne office agayne/ and thou shalt
delyuer Pharaos cuppe in to his hãde/ after the old maner/ even as
thou dydest when thou wast his butlar. But thinke on me with the/ when
thou art in good ease/ and shewe mercie vnto me. And make mencion of
me to Pharao/ and helpe to brynge me out of this house: for I was
stollen out of the lande of the Hebrues/ & here also haue I done
nothĩge at all wherfore they shulde haue put me in to this dongeon.
When the chefe baker sawe that he had well interpretate it/ he sayde
vnto Ioseph/ me thought also in my dreame/ y^t I had .iij. wyker
baskettes on my heade: And in y^e vppermost basket/ of all maner
bakemeates for Pharao. And the byrdes ate them out of the basket apon
my heade
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