30. Therefore, if I would have gone to your servant, our father, with the boy not present, (though his life depends upon the life of him)
31. and if he were to see that he is not with us, he would die, and your servants will lead his grey hairs down with sorrow to the grave.
32. Let me be your very own servant, for I accepted this one into my trust, and I promised, saying: 'Unless I lead him back, I will be guilty of a sin against my father for all time.'
33. And so I, your servant, will remain in place of the boy, in ministry to my lord, and then let the boy go up with his brothers.
34. For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father."