^{27 Ref} `And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,

^{28 Ref} and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn -- torn! and I have not seen him since;

^{29 Ref} when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.

^{30 Ref} `And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

^{31 Ref} then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;

^{32 Ref} for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

^{33 Ref} `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

^{34 Ref} for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'