17. But [Joseph] said, God forbid that I should do that; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for [the rest of] you, arise and go in peace to your father.
18. Then Judah came close to [Joseph] and said, O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word to you in private, and let not your anger blaze against your servant, for you are as Pharaoh [so I will speak as if directly to him].
19. My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother?
20. And we said to my lord, We have a father–an old man–and a young [brother, the] child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's [offspring], and his father loves him.
21. And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.
22. And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die.