¹² Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

²⁷ And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

³² And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.

¹⁸ Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.

²⁴ And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.

¹ You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

¹ And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying: