Brenton(i)
20 And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father loves him.
21 And thou saidst to they servants, Bring him down to me, and I will take care of him.
22 And we said to my lord, The child will not be able to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die.
23 But thou saidst to they servants, Except your younger brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face again.
24 And it came to pass, when we went up to thy servant our father, we reported to him the words of our lord.
25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
26 And we said, We shall not be able to go down; but if our younger brother go down with us, we will go down; for we shall not be able to see the man's face, our younger brother not being with us.
27 And thy servant our father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
28 and one is departed from me; and ye said that he was devoured of wild beasts, and I have not seen him until now.
29 If then ye take this one also from my presence, and an affliction happen to him by the way, then shall ye bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave.
30 Now then, if I should go in to they servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us, (and his life depends on this lad's life)
31 — it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, that he will die, and thy servants will bring down the old age of thy servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.
32 For thy servant has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty towards my father for ever.
33 Now then I will remain a servant with thee instead of the lad, a domestic of my lord; but let the lad go up with his brethren.
34 For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being with us? lest I behold the evils which will befall my father.