Genesis 44:19-23
Genesis 44:19
My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father or a brother?’
Genesis 44:20
And we said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little boy born in our father’s old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’
Genesis 44:21
Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.’
Genesis 44:22
But we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
Genesis 44:23
You said to your servants, however, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’