[4] And the captain of the
guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued
a season in ward. [5] And they dreamed
a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according
to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king
of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
The captain of the guard, which was Potiphar, charged
Joseph with them - Which intimates that he began now to be reconciled to
him.
[6] And Joseph came in unto
them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
[7] And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were
with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so
sadly to day?
They were sad - It was not the prison that made them
sad; they were pretty well used to that, but the dream. God has more ways
than one to sadden the spirits of those that are to be made sad. Those
sinners that are hardy enough under outward trouble, yet God can find a
way to trouble them, and take off their wheels, by wounding their spirits,
and laying a load upon them.
[8] And they said unto him,
We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph
said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray
you. [9] And the chief butler told
his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before
me; [10] 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: [11]
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. [12]
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches
are three days: [13] 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.
Do not interpretations belong to God? - He means the
God whom he worshipped, to the knowledge of whom he endeavours hereby to
lead them. And if interpretations belong to God, he is a free agent, and
may communicate the power to whom he pleases, therefore tell me your dreams.
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