16 "My lord, what can we say?" Judah replied. "How can we explain this to you? In what way can we prove our innocence? God has exposed the guilt of your servants. My lord, we are your slaves—all of us, including the one who was found with the cup."
18 Judah came closer and said to him, "If you please, my lord, let your servant just say a word. Please don’t become angry with your servant, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.
32 In fact I gave myself as the guarantee for the boy to my father. I told him, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, then I will always carry the blame!’
33 So please let me stay here as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. Let him go back home with his brothers. 34 For how could I ever go back to my father if the boy wasn’t with me? I couldn’t stand seeing the anguish that would cause my father."