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Cupbearer and Baker: We’ve both had dreams, and there is no one here in prison to interpret them.

The Egyptians thought that dreams were often moments of revelation, but they also thought it took special training to know how to interpret them.

Joseph: Interpretations belong to God, don’t they? If you’d like, tell them to me!

So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream.

Cupbearer: In my dream, there was a vine in front of me, 10 and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms opened up and its clusters ripened into grapes.

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“We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.”(A)

Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God?(B) Tell me your dreams.”

So the chief cupbearer(C) told Joseph his dream. He said to him, “In my dream I saw a vine in front of me, 10 and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed,(D) and its clusters ripened into grapes.

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