27. "Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife had two sons by me.
28. One of them went away from me. And I said, "He must have been torn to pieces." I haven't seen him since.
29. What if you take this one from me too and he is harmed? Then you would cause me to die as a sad old man. I would go down into the grave full of pain and suffering.'
30. "So now, what will happen if the boy isn't with us when I go back to my father? His life is closely tied up with the boy's life.
31. When he sees that the boy isn't with us, he'll die as a sad old man. Because of us, he'll go down into the grave full of sorrow.
32. "I promised my father I would keep the boy safe. I said, 'Father, I'll bring him back to you. If I don't, you can put the blame on me for the rest of my life.'