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 ch. 37:18;[Num. 32:23] the guilt of your servants; behold, we are ver. 9my lord’s servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found."
18 Then Judah went up to him and said, ch. 43:20"Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and Ex. 32:22let not your anger burn against your servant, for ch. 41:40you are like Pharaoh himself.
32 For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, ch. 43:9‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’ 33 Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a servant to my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers. 34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father."