^{27 Ref} And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

^{28 Ref} And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

^{29 Ref} And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

^{30 Ref} Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

^{31 Ref} It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

^{32 Ref} For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

^{33 Ref} Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

^{34 Ref} For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.