³⁷ Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my ^[a]care, and I will return him to you.”

³² For your servant ^(A)accepted responsibility for the boy from my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then ^[a]my father can let me take the blame forever.’

¹⁸ But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;

^19 (A)I, Paul, have written this with my own hand, I will repay it (^(B)not to ^[a]mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).