Genesis 40:11

Plain English Version

I had Pharaoh’s cup in my hand. So I took those grapes, and I squeezed the juice into Pharaoh’s cup. Then I gave that cup of juice to Pharaoh.”

Cross References

Genesis 40:1

Some time later, Joseph was still in jail in Egypt country. The big boss of Egypt country was called Pharaoh, and he had lots of men that worked for him. This story is about 2 of those men. The 1st man was Pharaoh’s wine-boss. He used to make wine and other special drinks for Pharaoh. The 2nd man was Pharaoh’s bread-boss. He used to cook bread and cakes for Pharaoh to eat. Both of those men were important workers in Pharaoh’s house. One day, that wine-boss and that bread-boss, they both did something that made Pharaoh really angry.

Genesis 40:10

That grape vine had 3 branches. Little flowers started to grow on those branches, then straight away, those flowers got big, and grapes grew from them, then those grapes got big.

Genesis 40:12

Then Joseph said to the wine-boss, “All right, I will tell you what that dream means. Those 3 branches that you saw, they are like a picture of 3 days.

Genesis 40:21

Then Pharaoh got that wine-boss to work for him again. He made wine and other special drinks, just like he did before, and he took those drinks and gave them to Pharaoh.

Genesis 49:11

Judah’s land will be full of good grape vines. His tribe will even tie their donkeys to those grape vines, so that the donkeys can eat the grapes. They will make lots of grape juice and wine. They will have even more grape juice and wine than water.