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saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”
World English Bible (WEB)
And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let me go{H7971}{(H8761)}, I pray thee; for our family{H4940} hath a sacrifice{H2077} in the city{H5892}; and my brother{H251}, he hath commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} me to be there: and now, if I have found{H4672}{(H8804)} favour{H2580} in thine eyes{H5869}, let me get away{H4422}{(H8735)}, I pray thee, and see{H7200}{(H8799)} my brethren{H251}. Therefore he cometh{H935}{(H8804)} not unto the king's{H4428} table{H7979}.
Strong's King James
and he saith, Send me away, I pray thee, for a family sacrifice we have in the city, and my brother himself hath given command to me, and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, let me go away, I pray thee, and see my brethren; therefore he hath not come unto the table of the king.’
Young's Literal Translation
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