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Then on a certaine day Ioseph entred into the house, to doe his businesse: and there was no man of the houshold in the house:

Therefore she caught him by his garmet, saying, Sleepe with me: but he left his garment in her hand and fled, and got him out.

Nowe when she sawe that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out,

And when he heard that I lift vp my voice and cryed, he left his garment with me, and fled away, and got him out.

So she layde vp his garment by her, vntill her lord came home.

But assoone as I lift vp my voyce & cried, he left his garment with me, and fled out.

Then when his master heard the wordes of his wife, which she tolde him, saying, After this maner did thy seruant to me, his anger was kindled.

And the keeper of the prison looked vnto nothing that was vnder his hande, seeing that the Lord was with him: for whatsoeuer he did, the Lorde made it to prosper.

And after these things, the butler of the King of Egypt and his baker offended their lorde the King of Egypt.

And Pharaoh was angrie against his two officers, against the chiefe butler, and against the chiefe baker.

Therefore he put them in ward in his chiefe stewardes house, in the prison and place where Ioseph was bound.

And they both dreamed a dreame, eyther of them his dreame in one night, eche one according to the interpretation of his dreame, both the butler and the baker of the King of Egypt, which were bounde in the prison.

And he asked Pharaohs officers, that were with him in his masters warde, saying, Wherefore looke ye so sadly to day?

So the chiefe butler tolde his dreame to Ioseph, and said vnto him, In my dreame, behold, a vine was before me,

Within three dayes shall Pharaoh lift vp thine head, & restore thee vnto thine office, and thou shalt giue Pharaohs cup into his hand after the olde maner, when thou wast his butler.

And so the third day, which was Pharaohs birthday, hee made a feast vnto all his seruants: and hee lifted vp the head of the chiefe butler, and the head of the chiefe baker among his seruants.

And he restored the chiefe butler vnto his butlershippe, who gaue the cup into Pharaohs hande,

Nowe when the morning came, his spirit was troubled: therefore he sent and called all the soothsayers of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof, and Pharaoh tolde them his dreames: but none coulde interprete them to Pharaoh.

Pharaoh being angrie with his seruantes, put me in ward in the chiefe stewards house, both me and the chiefe baker.

Then we dreamed a dreame in one night, both I, and he: we dreamed eche man according to the interpretation of his dreame.