What Does “I beseech thee” Mean in the Bible?
An old way of saying “I beg you,” “I ask you earnestly.” This is how the Douay-Rheims Bible writes it.
A detail
- In the Bible: Abraham said to Lot: “Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee.” In the parable, the rich man says to Abraham: “Then, father, I beseech thee.”
Where it appears in the Bible
Genesis 13:8; Genesis 18:32; Luke 16:27
What the Bible says
Genesis 13:8
Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.
Genesis 18:32
I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten should be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.
Luke 16:27
And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee, that thou wouldst send him to my father’s house, for I have five brethren,
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “rogar” and “suplicar”; Torres Amat Bible (1836); Douay-Rheims, Genesis 13:8 and Luke 16:27