Joseph interprets butler and baker’s dreams

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【释义】：

约瑟为酒政与膳长圆梦；(喻)咨询吉凶

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

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:

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.

And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

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.

But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have 1 done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Gen.40:9~19

酒政便将他的梦告诉约瑟说：“我梦见在我面前有一棵葡萄树，

树上有三根枝子，好像发了芽、开了花，上头的葡萄都成熟了。

法老的杯在我手中，我就拿葡萄挤在法老的杯里，将杯递在他手中。”

约瑟对他说：“你所作的梦是这样解：三根枝子就是三天，

三天之内，法老必提你出监，叫你官复原职，你仍要递杯在法老的手中，和先前作他的酒政一样。

但你得好处的时候，求你记念我，施恩予我，在法老面前提起我，救我出这监牢。

我实在是从希伯来人之地被拐来的，我在这里也没有作过什么，叫他们把我下在监里。

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膳长见梦解得好，就对约瑟说：“我在梦中见我头上顶著三筐白饼，

头上的筐子里有为法老烤的各样食物，有飞鸟来吃我头上筐子里的食物。”

约瑟说：“你的梦是这样解：三个筐子就是三天。

三天之内，法老必斩断你的头，把你挂在木头上，必有飞鸟来吃你身上的肉。”

《创世纪》40∶9－19］

。【条目出处】：《圣经·旧约》