30. And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us, --seeing that his life is bound up with his life,
31. it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not there, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
32. For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days.
33. And now, let thy servant stay, I pray thee, instead of the lad a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren;
34. for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? --lest I see the evil that would come on my father.