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Genesis 40:5-19 (NLT)
5 While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning. 6 When Joseph saw them the next morning, he noticed that they both looked upset. 7 “Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them.
8 And they replied, “We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.”
“Interpreting dreams is God’s business,” Joseph replied. “Go ahead and tell me your dreams.”

9 So the chief cup-bearer told Joseph his dream first. “In my dream,” he said, “I saw a grapevine in front of me. 10 The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes. 11 I was holding Pharaoh’s wine cup in my hand, so I took a cluster of grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
12 “This is what the dream means,” Joseph said. “The three branches represent three days. 13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you to your position as his chief cup-bearer. 14 And please remember me and do me a favour when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place. 15 For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”

16 When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given the first dream such a positive interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I had a dream, too. In my dream there were three baskets of white pastries stacked on my head. 17 The top basket contained all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them from the basket on my head.”
18 “This is what the dream means,” Joseph told him. “The three baskets also represent three days. 19 Three days from now Pharaoh will lift you up and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh.”

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:
Daytime.

LIGHTING NOTES:
Sunlight from an unseen prison window on the right of the scene can be seen illuminating the figures and walls of the cell. A second source of light is a torch outside the cell, which can be seen reflected off the door window.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
Joseph, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
We can see Joseph entering the cell of the cup-bearer and baker. They are telling Joseph there dreams, which we can see as images above their heads.

Here is the cell without the figures or dream images, to show the window and source of sunlight:

Background of Genesis 40 – Joseph in prison – Scene 05 – Two dreams

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Background of Genesis 40 – Joseph in prison – Scene 05 – Two dreams