Genesis 44:30-34 ▼

30 |So when I go back to your servant, my father, and the young man isn't with us, since he's constantly living life focused on his son,

31 when he notices that the young man hasn't come back with us, he'll die, and your servants really will have brought death to your servant, our father, along with his sad, gray hair!

32 Also, your servant pledged his own life as a guarantee of the young man's safety. I told my father, 'If I don't bring him back to you, you can blame me forever.'

33 Therefore, please allow your servant to remain as a slave to Your Excellency, instead of the young man, and let the young man go back home with his brothers.

34 After all, how can I go back to my father if the young man doesn't accompany me? I'm afraid of what might happen to my father.|