19. Adoni asked his avadim, saying, Have ye an av, or an ach?
20. And we said unto adoni, We have an av, a zaken, and a yeled zekunim katan (child of his old age, a little one); and achiv is dead, and he alone is left of immo, and aviv loveth him.
21. And thou saidst unto thy avadim, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
22. And we said unto adoni, The na'ar cannot leave aviv; for if he should leave aviv, aviv would die.
23. And thou saidst unto thy avadim, Except achichem hakaton (your youngest brother) come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
24. And it came to pass when we came up unto thy eved Avi we told him the divrei adoni.
25. And avinu said, Shuvu, (go back, return) and buy us a little ochel.
26. And we said, We cannot go down; if achinu hakaton (our youngest brother) be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the face of HaIsh, except achinu hakaton be with us.
27. And thy eved Avi said unto us, Ye know that my wife bore me two banim;
28. And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces; and I saw him not ad-hennah (until now);
29. And if ye take this also from me, and ason (evil, harm) befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hair in ra'ah (misery) to Sheol.
30. Now therefore when I come to thy eved Avi, and the na'ar be not with us; seeing that his nefesh is bound up in the nefesh of the na'ar;