Nehemiah 2:5

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and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may build it.”
World English Bible (WEB)
And I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428}, If it please{H2895}{(H8804)} the king{H4428}, and if thy servant{H5650} have found favour{H3190}{(H8799)} in thy sight{H6440}, that thou wouldest send{H7971}{(H8799)} me unto Judah{H3063}, unto the city{H5892} of my fathers{H1}' sepulchres{H6913}, that I may build{H1129}{(H8799)} it.
Strong's King James
I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your slave is pleasing before you, send me to Y'hudah, to the city of my fathers' graves, that I may rebuild it."
The F.O.G
The F.O.G Paraphrase
and say to the king, ‘If to the king it be good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.’
Young's Literal Translation

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