Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
17 Joseph said, "Oh, no! I would never do that! Only the one who had the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may go back safe and sound to your father."
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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.”
18 Judah went up to Joseph and said, "Please, sir, allow me to speak with you freely. Don't be angry with me; you are like the king himself.
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Then Judah went up to him and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
19 Sir, you asked us, "Do you have a father or another brother?'
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My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20 We answered, "We have a father who is old and a younger brother, born to him in his old age. The boy's brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother's children still alive; his father loves him very much.'
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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.’
21 Sir, you told us to bring him here, so that you could see him,
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“Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’
22 and we answered that the boy could not leave his father; if he did, his father would die.
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And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’
23 Then you said, "You will not be admitted to my presence again unless your youngest brother comes with you.'
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But you told your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24 "When we went back to our father, we told him what you had said.
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When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.
25 Then he told us to return and buy a little food.
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“Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy a little more food.’
26 We answered, "We cannot go; we will not be admitted to the man's presence unless our youngest brother is with us. We can go only if our youngest brother goes also.'
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But we said, ‘We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’
27 Our father said to us, "You know that my wife Rachel bore me only two sons.
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“Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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