20. And we answered you, ‘We have an old father. And we have a younger brother, who was born when our father was old. This youngest son’s brother is dead, so he is the only one of his mother’s children left alive, and our father loves him very much.’
21. Then you said to us, ‘Bring that brother to me. I want to see him.’
22. And we said to you, ‘That young boy cannot leave his father, because if he leaves him, his father would die.’
23. But you said to us, ‘If you don’t bring your youngest brother, you will not be allowed to see me again.’
24. So we went back to our father and told him what you had said.
25. “Later, our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little more food.’
26. We said to our father, ‘We cannot go without our youngest brother. Without our youngest brother, we will not be allowed to see the governor.’
27. Then my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife Rachel gave me two sons.
28. When one son left me, I thought, “Surely he has been torn apart by a wild animal,” and I haven’t seen him since.
29. Now you want to take this son away from me also. But something terrible might happen to him, and I would be miserable until the day I die.’