And he said to them, What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which your father did put upon us lighter?
And the young men that were grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you speak to this people that spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter for us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
And he said to them, What advice do you give that we may return an answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that your father did put upon us?