Genesis 44:31-35
Genesis 44:31
when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. So your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant, our father, down to Sheol in sorrow.
Genesis 44:32
For your servant accepted responsibility for the boy from my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then my father can let me take the blame forever.’
Genesis 44:33
So now, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord instead of the boy, and let the boy go up with his brothers.
Genesis 44:34
For how shall I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear that I may see the evil that would overtake my father.”