And he said, Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall become a slave to me; and you go up in peace to your father.
Far be it from You to act in this way, to put to death the righteous one with the wicked one. Far be it from You. The Judge of all the earth, shall He not do justice?
whether you will do with us evil, as we did not touch you, and as we did only good with you, and we sent you away in peace, you now being blessed of Jehovah.
And Judah said, What can we say to my lord? What can we speak, and in what can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are slaves to my lord, both we and he in whose hand the cup was found.
And Judah came near to him and said, O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and let not your anger be hot on your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.