19. My lord. Thou didst ask thy servants the first time: Have you a father or a brother?
20. And we answered thee, my lord: We have a father an old man, and a young boy, that was born in his old age; whose brother by the mother is dead: and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him tenderly.
21. And thou saidst to thy servants: Bring him hither to me, and I will set my eyes on him.
22. We suggested to my lord: The boy cannot leave his father: for if he leave him, he will die.
23. And thou saidst to thy servants: Except your youngest brother come with you, you shall see my face no more.
24. Therefore when we were gone up to thy servant our father, we told him all that my lord had said.
25. And our father said: Go again, and buy us a little wheat.
26. And we said to him: We cannot go: if our youngest brother go down with us, we will set out together: otherwise, without him we dare not see the man's face.
27. Whereunto he answered: You know that my wife bore two.
28. One went out, and you said: A beast devoured him: and hitherto he appeareth not.
29. If you take this also, and any thing befall him in the way you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow unto hell.
30. Therefore if I shall go to thy servant our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)
31. And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his gray hairs with sorrow unto hell.
32. Let me be tht proper servant, who took him into my trust, and promised, saying: If I bring him not again, I will be guilty of sin against my father for ever.