Judah's plea for Benjamin
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Ge 44:14: And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
Ge 44:15: And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
Ge 44:16: And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
Ge 44:17: And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
Ge 44:18: Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
Ge 44:19: My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
Ge 44:20: And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Ge 44:21: And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
Ge 44:22: And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Ge 44:23: And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Ge 44:24: And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Ge 44:25: And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
Ge 44:26: And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
Ge 44:27: And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
Ge 44:28: And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
Ge 44:29: And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Ge 44:30: Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
Ge 44:31: It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
Ge 44:32: For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
Ge 44:33: Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
Ge 44:34: For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.