18 ΒΆ Then Iudah came neere vnto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy seruant, I pray thee, speake a word in my lords eares, & let not thine anger burne against thy seruant: for thou art euen as Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his seruants, saying; Haue ye a father, or a brother?
20 And we said vnto my lord, Wee haue a father, an olde man, and a childe of his old age, a little one: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loueth him.
21 And thou saidst vnto thy seruants, Bring him downe vnto mee, that I may set mine eyes vpon him.
22 And we said vnto my lord, The lad cannot leaue his father: for if hee should leaue his father, his father would die.
23 And thou saidst vnto thy seruants, Except your yongest brother come downe with you, you shall see my face no more.
24 And it came to passe when wee came vp vnto thy seruant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25 And our father said, Goe againe, and buy vs a little food.
26 And we saide, Wee cannot goe downe: if our yongest brother be with vs, then will we goe downe: for wee may not see the mans face, except our yongest brother be with vs.
27 And thy seruant my father said vnto vs, Ye know that my wife bare me two sonnes.
28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torne in pieces: and I saw him not since.
29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischiefe befall him, ye shall bring downe my gray haires with sorrow to the graue.
30 Now therefore when I come to thy seruant my father, and the lad bee not with vs; (seeing that his life is bound vp in the lads life.)
31 It shall come to passe, when he seeth that the lad is not with vs, that he will die, and thy seruants shall bring downe the gray haires of thy seruant our father with sorrow to the graue.
32 For thy seruant became surety for the lad vnto my father, saying, If I bring him not vnto thee, then I shall beare the blame to my father, for euer.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy seruant abide in stead of the lad, a bondman to my lord, and let the lad goe vp with his brethren.
34 For how shall I goe vp to my father, and the lad be not with mee, lest peraduenture I see the euill that shall come on my father?
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