Genesis 44:32-34 ▼

32 My lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever.’

33 “So please, my lord, let me stay here as a slave instead of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.

34 For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”