Genesis 44:20-30 And we answeriden to thee, my lord, An eld fadir is to vs, and a litil child that was borun in his eelde, whos brother of the same wombe is deed, and his modir hath hym aloone; forsothe his fadir loueth hym tendirli.

Wycliffe⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ And we answeriden to thee, my lord, An eld fadir is to vs, and a litil child that was borun in his eelde, whos brother of the same wombe is deed, and his modir hath hym aloone; forsothe his fadir loueth hym tendirli. ²¹ And thou seidist to thi seruauntis, Brynge ye hym to me, and Y schal sette myn iyen on hym. ²² We maden suggestioun to thee, my lord, the child may not forsake his fadir; for if he schal leeue the fadir, he schal die. ²³ And thou seidist to thi seruauntis, If youre leeste brother schal not come with you, ye schulen no more se my face. ²⁴ Therfor whanne we hadden stied to thi seruaunt, oure fadir, we telden to hym alle thingis whiche my lord spak; and oure fadir seide, ²⁵ Turne ye ayen, and bie ye to you a litil of wheete; ²⁶ to whom we seiden, We moun not go; if oure leeste brother schal go doun with vs, we schulen go forth togidere; ellis, if he is absent, we doren not se the `face of the lord. ²⁷ To whiche thingis the fadir answeride, Ye witen that my wiif childide twei sones to me; ²⁸ oon yede out, and ye seiden, a beeste deuouride hym, and hidir to he apperith not; ²⁹ if ye taken also this sone, and ony thing bifallith to hym in the weye, ye schulen lede forth myn hoor heeris with morenyng to hellis. ³⁰ Therfor if Y entre to thi seruaunt, oure fadir, and the child faile, sithen his lijf hangith of the lijf of the child,