Genesis 44:18-34 - Judah's Plea For Benjamin
18 Then Judah drew near unto him, and said - Pardon my lord! Pray let thy servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let thine anger be kindled against thy servant, - for, thus, art, thou as Pharaoh! 19 It was, my lord, who asked his servants, saying, - Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 So we said unto my lord, We have an aged father, and the child of his old age a youth, - his brother, being dead, he alone, is left of his mother and, his father, loveth him. 21 So then thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, - that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father, - as surely as he leaveth his father, so surely will he, die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother do come down with you, ye shall not again behold my face.
24 So it came to pass when we had gone up unto thy servant, my father, that we told him the words of my lord. 25 Then said our father, - Go again buy us a little food, 26 And we said, We cannot go down, - If our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down, for we cannot see the face of the man if, our youngest brother, is not with us. 27 Then said thy servant my father, unto us, - Ye yourselves, know, that, two, did my wife bear to me, 28 and the one went forth from me, and I said - Certainly he hath been, torn in pieces, - 29 And I have never seen him since. As surely as ye take, this one also, away from before my face and there befall him any mischief, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs, with misfortune to hades.
30 Now, therefore, as surely as I go in unto thy servant my father, and, the lad, is not with us, - seeing that his soul is bound up with the lads soul, 31 so surely shall it come to pass that when he sooth that the lad is not with us, then will he die. So shall thy servants bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father, with sorrow to hades. 32 For thy servant, became surety for the lad, while away from my father saying, - If I bring him not unto thee, then will I count myself a sinner against my father all the days. 33 Now, therefore, I pray thee let thy servant remain instead of the lad, as servant to my lord, - but as for the lad, let him go up with his brethren. 34 For how can I go up unto my father, should the lad, not be with me? lest I look on the calamity, that shall find out my father,