30. Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;
31. it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
32. For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.
33. Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34. For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.