- 占卜麼。猶大說、我們對我主說甚麼呢.還有甚麼話可說呢.我們怎能自己表白出來呢. 神已經查出僕人的罪孽了.我們與那在他手中搜出杯來的都是我主的奴僕。
- 約瑟說、我斷不能這樣行、在誰的手中搜出杯來、誰就作我的奴僕.至於你們可以平平安安的上你們父親那裡去。
- 猶大挨近他說、我主阿、求你容僕人說一句話給我主聽、不要向僕人發烈怒、因為你如同法老一樣。
- 我主曾問僕人們說、你們有父親有兄弟沒有。
- 我們對我主說、我們有父親、已經年老、還有他老年所生的一個小孩子、他哥哥死了、他母親只撇下他一人、他父親疼愛他。
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- "What can we say to my lord?" Judah replied. "What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants' guilt. We are now my lord's slaves--we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup."
- But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace."
- Then Judah went up to him and said: "Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
- My lord asked his servants, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'
- And we answered, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.'
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