⁴ And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

³ And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

² And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.