Nehemiah 2:4-6

Revised Geneva Translation

⁴ And the king said to me, “What thing do you request?” Then I prayed to the God of Heaven,

⁵ and said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I desire that you would send me to Judah, to the city of the sepulchers of my fathers, so that I may build it.”

⁶ And the king said to me (with the queen sitting by him), “How long shall your journey be? And when will you come back?” So, it pleased the king, and he sent me. And I gave him a time.