Genesis 41:12
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
The young Hebrew servant in the verse is Joseph, then a Hebrew captive and slave imprisoned in Egypt and serving the captain of the guard when the butler and baker told him their dreams. The telling belongs two years after the butler's restoration, during which Joseph remained in prison while the butler forgot him in forgetfulness and ingratitude. Its setting is Pharaoh troubled in the morning by two remarkable dreams in one night that pointed to the same coming calamity, which the magicians and wise men of Egypt could not interpret despite their reputation for solving difficulties. Their failure spread perplexity and distress and terror and general agitation.
Seeing Pharaoh's perplexity and distress and the general agitation recalled to the butler his own troubled dream, the memory of Joseph, and remorse and conviction over his faults. He at once confessed his faults and spoke up. What he told Pharaoh was that he and the chief baker, when troubled by dreams as Pharaoh now was, had told them to Joseph. Joseph had interpreted to each man individually according to his own dream and its meaning.
The butler added that the interpretations had been fulfilled exactly and in every particular. He himself had been restored to office and the baker had been hanged. The testimony humiliated Pharaoh by forcing him to turn away from his learned wise men to consult an alien and a slave. He sent for Joseph from prison to find relief for his troubled mind.