16 So Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What words can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and the one in whose 44:16 Lit handpossession the cup has been found."
18 Then Judah approached him and said, "Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord’s ears, and 44:18 Lit let not your anger burn againstdo not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh. 32 For your servant accepted responsibility for the boy from my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then 44:32 Lit I will be culpable for all the days before my fathermy father can let me take the blame forever.’ 33 So now, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord instead of the boy, and let the boy go up with his brothers. 34 For how shall I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear that I may see the evil that would 44:34 Lit findovertake my father."