¹³ But his mother said to him, ^(A)“Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”

⁹ I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him. ^(A)If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.

²⁴ So she fell at his feet and said: “On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! And please let your maidservant ^[a]speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant.

²⁵ And all the people answered and said, ^(A)“His blood be on us and on our children.”