17 Then Joseph said, “I swear that I will not do this. The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. The rest of you can go in peace to your father.”

Judah’s Plea for Benjamin

18 But Judah approached him and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord.[a] Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.(A) 19 My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 44:18 Lit speak a word in my lord’s ears

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