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So the chief cupbearer recounted his dream to Joseph and said to him, "In my dream, behold, there was a vine in front of me;

within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office; and you will put Pharaoh's cup into his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer.

Thus it happened on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he put the cup into Pharaoh's hand;

Now it happened that in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. And Pharaoh recounted to them his dream, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me and the chief baker.

And we had a dream on the same night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.

Now there was with us a Hebrew youth, a slave of the captain of the bodyguard, and we recounted them to him, and he interpreted our dreams for us. To each one he interpreted according to his own dream.

Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they rushed him out of the pit; and he shaved himself and changed his clothes, and he came to Pharaoh.

And the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?"

Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put the gold necklace around his neck.

And he had him ride in his second chariot; and they called out before him, "Bow the knee!" And he set him over all the land of Egypt.

Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Though I am Pharaoh, yet without your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."

Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you staring at one another?"

But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "Lest any harm befall him."

And Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."

But Joseph recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him.

Then they said to one another, "Surely we are guilty concerning our brother because we saw the distress of his soul when he begged us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us."

And Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy'; yet you would not listen? So also his blood, behold, it is required of us."