27. “Then our father said to us, ‘You know that my wife ⌊Rachel⌋ gave me two sons.
28. One is gone, and I said, “He must have been torn to pieces!” I haven’t seen him since.
29. If you take this one away from me too and anything happens to him, you’ll drive this gray-haired old man to his grave.’
30. “Our father’s life is wrapped up with the boy’s life. If I come ⌊home⌋ without the boy
31. and he sees that the boy isn’t ⌊with me⌋, he’ll die. The grief would drive our gray-haired old father to his grave.
32. “I guaranteed my father that the boy would come back. I said, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, then you can blame me the rest of my life, Father.’