Genesis · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Genesis 40 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Después de estas cosas, el copero principal y el panadero principal del faraón hicieron algo contra su señor, el rey de Egipto.
1 After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
2 El faraón se enojó con sus dos funcionarios, el copero principal y el panadero principal.
2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cup bearer and the chief baker.
3 Los puso bajo custodia en la casa del jefe de la guardia, en la misma prisión donde José estaba encerrado.
3 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
4 El jefe de la guardia los puso bajo el cuidado de José, y José los atendía. Estuvieron allí por algún tiempo.
4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.
5 Una noche, el copero y el panadero del rey de Egipto tuvieron cada uno un sueño. Cada sueño tenía su propio significado.
5 They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cup bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
6 Cuando José fue a verlos por la mañana, vio que estaban tristes.
6 Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.
7 Preguntó a los funcionarios del faraón que estaban presos con él en la casa de su amo: «¿Por qué tienen hoy la cara tan triste?».
7 He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
8 Ellos respondieron: «Los dos tuvimos sueños, pero no hay nadie que los interprete». José dijo: «¿No pertenecen a Dios las interpretaciones? Cuéntenme sus sueños».
8 They said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me.”
9 Entonces el copero principal contó su sueño a José: «En mi sueño vi una vid delante de mí.
9 The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,
10 La vid tenía tres ramas. Brotó, floreció y produjo racimos de uvas maduras.
10 and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.
11 Yo tenía en la mano la copa del faraón. Tomé las uvas, las exprimí en la copa y puse la copa en la mano del faraón».
11 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 José dijo: «Esta es la interpretación: las tres ramas son tres días.
12 Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
13 Dentro de tres días, el faraón te devolverá tu puesto. Volverás a poner la copa en su mano como hacías antes, cuando eras su copero.
13 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cup bearer.
14 Cuando te vaya bien, acuérdate de mí. Muéstrame bondad, habla de mí al faraón y ayúdame a salir de esta prisión.
14 But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
15 Porque fui llevado por la fuerza de la tierra de los hebreos, y aquí tampoco he hecho nada para que me pongan en prisión».
15 For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”
16 Cuando el panadero principal vio que la interpretación era buena, dijo a José: «Yo también tuve un sueño. Había tres canastas de pan blanco sobre mi cabeza.
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
17 En la canasta de arriba había toda clase de comida horneada para el faraón, pero las aves se la comían de la canasta que estaba sobre mi cabeza».
17 In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
18 José respondió: «Esta es la interpretación: las tres canastas son tres días.
18 Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.
19 Dentro de tres días, el faraón te sacará de la prisión y te colgará de un árbol. Las aves comerán tu carne».
19 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”
20 Al tercer día era el cumpleaños del faraón. Preparó una fiesta para todos sus siervos y, delante de ellos, hizo venir al copero principal y al panadero principal.
20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
21 Devolvió al copero principal a su puesto, y este volvió a poner la copa en la mano del faraón.
21 He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
22 Pero hizo colgar al panadero principal, tal como José había interpretado.
22 but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Sin embargo, el copero principal no se acordó de José, sino que lo olvidó.
23 Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.
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Joseph
Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 37; 39–50
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 40:13; Nehemiah 1:11–2:2; Esther 6:1; Genesis 39:20–23
- 2 Proverbs 16:14; Acts 12:20; Proverbs 19:12; 1 Chronicles 27:27; Proverbs 27:4
- 3 Genesis 39:20; Genesis 39:23
- 4 Psalm 37:5; Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1; Genesis 39:21–23
- 5 Genesis 41:11; Judges 7:13–14; Daniel 4:5; Esther 6:1; Genesis 12:1–7
- 6 Genesis 40:8; Daniel 2:1–3; Genesis 41:8; Daniel 7:28; Daniel 8:27
- 7 Nehemiah 2:2; 1 Samuel 1:8; 2 Samuel 13:4; Judges 18:24; Luke 24:17
- 8 Daniel 2:47; Genesis 41:15–16; Daniel 2:28; Amos 3:7; 1 Corinthians 12:10–11
- 9 Daniel 4:8; Judges 7:13–15; Genesis 37:5–10; Daniel 4:10–18; Daniel 2:31
- 11 Nehemiah 1:11–2:1; 1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chronicles 9:4; Leviticus 10:9; Proverbs 3:10
- 12 Judges 7:14; Genesis 41:12; Genesis 40:18; Genesis 41:25–26; Daniel 4:19–33
- 13 Psalm 3:3; Jeremiah 52:31; 2 Kings 25:27; Genesis 7:4; Genesis 40:19–22
- 14 Joshua 2:12; Luke 23:42; 1 Samuel 20:14–15; 1 Kings 2:7; 1 Samuel 25:31
- 15 Genesis 39:20; 1 Peter 3:17–18; John 15:25; Acts 25:10–11; Genesis 39:8–12
- 16 Genesis 40:1–2
- 17 Genesis 49:20
- 18 Genesis 40:12; 1 Corinthians 11:24; Genesis 41:26; 1 Corinthians 10:4
- 19 Genesis 40:22; Genesis 40:13; 2 Samuel 21:10; Proverbs 30:17; Ezekiel 39:4
- 20 Genesis 40:19; Matthew 14:6; Genesis 40:13; Mark 6:21; 2 Kings 25:27
- 21 Genesis 40:13; Nehemiah 2:1
- 22 Genesis 40:19; Daniel 2:30; Acts 5:30; Genesis 41:11–13; Genesis 40:8
- 23 Psalm 31:12; Job 19:14; Psalm 105:19; Amos 6:6
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
As, for instance, Adam says, "I have gotten a man through God," meaning to say the same as from God; and in another passage "Moses commanded...Israel through the word of the Lord," and, again, "Is not the interpretation through God?" Joseph, discoursing about dreams to the prisoners, instead of saying "from God" says plainly "through God." Inversely Paul uses the …
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