Quotes about Cupbearer

Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.

O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)