27. Then thy slave my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
28. and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces, and I have not seen him since;
29. and if ye take this one also from me and some disaster should befall him, ye shall bring my gray hairs with sorrow down to Sheol.
30. Now therefore when I come to thy slave my father, and the lad is not with us, seeing that his soul is bound up in the lad’s soul,
31. it shall come to pass when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy slaves shall bring the gray hairs of thy slave our father down with sorrow to Sheol.
32. For thy slave became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the sin before my father for ever.
33. Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy slave remain instead of the lad as a bond slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34. For how shall I go up to my father and the lad not be with me? I cannot go lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.