16. And Judah saith, `What do we say to my lord? what do we speak? and what--do we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; lo, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found;'
17. and he saith, `Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup hath been found, he becometh my servant; and ye, go ye up in peace unto your father.'
18. And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, `O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant--for thou art as Pharaoh.
19. My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?
20. and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.
21. `And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;
22. and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;
23. and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.
24. `And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;
25. and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,
26. and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.
27. `And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye--ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,