1And when Judah saw the dealings of Joseph with them, Judah approached him and broke open the door, and came with his brethren before Joseph.
2And Judah said to Joseph, Let it not seem grievous in the sight of my Lord, may your servant I pray you speak a word before you? and Joseph said to him, Speak.
3And Judah spoke before Joseph, and his brethren were there standing before them; and Judah said to Joseph, Surely when we first came to our Lord to buy food, you did consider us as spies of the land, and we brought Benjamin before you, and you still make sport of us this day.
4Now therefore let the king hear my words, and send I pray you our brother that he may go along with us to our father, lest your soul perish this day with all the souls of the inhabitants of Egypt.
5Dost you not know what two of my brethren, Simeon and Levi, did to the city of Shechem, and to seven cities of the Amorites, on account of our sister Dinah, and also what they would do for the sake of their brother Benjamin?
6And I with my strength, who am greater and mightier than both of them, come this day upon you and your land if you are unwilling to send our brother.
7Have you not heard what our Elohim (God) who made choice of us did to Pharaoh on account of Sarah our mother, whom he took away from our father, that he smote him and his household with heavy plagues, that even to this day the Egyptians relate this wonder to each other? so will our Elohim do to you on account of Benjamin whom you have this day taken from his father, and on account of the evils which you this day heap over us in your land; for our Elohim will remember his covenant with our father Abraham and bring evil upon you, because you have grieved the soul of our father this day.
8Now therefore hear my words that I have this day spoken to you, and send our brother that he may go away lest you and the people of your land die by the sword, for you cannot all prevail over me.