³⁷ Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”

³² For your servant became surety for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life.’^(A)

¹⁸ If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to me.

¹⁹ I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self.