21. Then you said to us, ‘Bring that brother to me. I want to see him.’
22. And we said to you, ‘That young boy cannot come. He cannot leave his father. If his father loses him, his father will be so sad that he will die.’
23. But you said to us, ‘You must bring your youngest brother, or I will not sell you grain again.’
24. So we went back to our father and told him what you said.
25. “Later, our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some more food.’
26. We said to our father, ‘We cannot go without our youngest brother. The governor said he will not sell us grain again until he sees our youngest brother.’
27. Then my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife Rachel gave me two sons.
28. I let one son go away, and he was killed by a wild animal. And I haven’t seen him since.
29. If you take my other son away from me, and something happens to him, I will be sad enough to die.’
30. Now, imagine what will happen when we go home without our youngest brother—he is the most important thing in our father’s life!