Translations
He said, "Please let me go—our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has ordered me to attend. If I have found favor in your eyes, please let me get away to see my brothers." That is why he has not come to the king's table.'
He said, "Let me go, I pray—there is a family sacrifice in the town, and my brother has commanded me to be there. If I have found favour in your eyes, let me slip away to see my brothers." So he has not come to the king's table.'
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
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 has not come to the king’s table.”