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And we said to my lord , `
We have a father ,
an old man ,
and a young brother ,
the child of his old age ;
and his brother is dead ,
and he alone is left of his mother '
s children ;
and his father loves him .'
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Then you said to your servants , `
Bring him down to me ,
that I may set my eyes upon him .'
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We said to my lord , `
The lad cannot leave his father ,
for if he should leave his father ,
his father would die .'
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Then you said to your servants , `
Unless your youngest brother comes down with you ,
you shall see my face no more .'
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When we went back to your servant my father we told him the words of my lord .
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And when our father said , `
Go again ,
buy us a little food ,'
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we said , `
We cannot go down .
If our youngest brother goes with us ,
then we will go down ;
for we cannot see the man '
s face unless our youngest brother is with us .'
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Then your servant my father said to us , `
You know that my wife bore me two sons ;
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one left me ,
and I said ,
Surely he has been torn to pieces ;
and I have never seen him since .
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If you take this one also from me ,
and harm befalls him ,
you will bring down my gray hairs in sorrow to Sheol .'
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Now therefore ,
when I come to your servant my father ,
and the lad is not with us ,
then ,
as his life is bound up in the lad '
s life ,
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when he sees that the lad is not with us ,
he will die ;
and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol .
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For your servant became surety for the lad to my father ,
saying , `
If I do not bring him back to you ,
then I shall bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life .'
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Now therefore ,
let your servant ,
I pray you ,
remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord ;
and let the lad go back with his brothers .
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For how can I go back to my father if the lad is not with me ?
I fear to see the evil that would come upon my father ."