Genesis 44:14-23

English Standard Version

¹⁴ When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there. They ^(A)fell before him to the ground. ¹⁵ Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me ^(B)can indeed practice divination?” ¹⁶ And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out ^(C)the guilt of your servants; behold, we are ^(D)my lord's servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.” ¹⁷ But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my servant. But as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

¹⁸ Then Judah went up to him and said, ^(E)“Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and ^(F)let not your anger burn against your servant, for ^(G)you are like Pharaoh himself. ¹⁹ My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’ ²⁰ And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, ^(H)and a young brother, ^(I)the child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him.’ ²¹ Then you said to your servants, ^(J)‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’ ²² We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, ^(K)his father would die.’ ²³ Then you said to your servants, ^(L)‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.’