Genesis 44:20-31
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20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
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21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
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22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
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23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
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24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
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26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
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27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
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28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
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29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
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31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.