the keeper of the prison accorded them privileges, as, for
instance, a man was detailed to wait upon them, and the one
appointed thereto was Joseph.[144]
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The chief butler and the chief baker had been confined
in prison ten years,[145] when they dreamed a dream, both of
them, but as for the interpretation, each dreamed only that
of the other one's dream.[146] In the morning when Joseph
brought them the water for washing, he found them sad,
depressed in spirits, and, in the manner of the sages, he
asked them why they looked different on that day from other
days. They said unto him, "We have dreamed a dream this
night, and our two dreams resemble each other in certain
particulars, and there is none that can interpret them." And
Joseph said unto them: "God granteth understanding to
man to interpret dreams. Tell them me, I pray you."[147] It
was as a reward for ascribing greatness and credit to Him
unto whom it belongeth that Joseph later attained to his
lofty position.[148]

The chief butler proceeded to tell his dream: "In my
dream, behold, a vine was before me; and in the vine were
three branches; and it was as though it budded, and its 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." The chief butler was not
aware that his dream contained a prophecy regarding the
future of Israel, but Joseph discerned the recondite