* therefore.
   What must Benjamin have felt when he heard his brother
   conclude his speech by a proposal which could never have been
   thought of if it had not been actually made!  Perhaps the
   annals of the whole world do not produce an instance of so
   heroic and disinterested affection in any mere man.

 * I pray thee.
  Ex 32:32  Ro 5:7-10  9:3 
 * instead.
  Heb 7:22  1Jo 3:16