Thomson(i)
20 And we said to my lord, We have a father an old man; and he hath a younger son of his old age. His brother is dead, and as he is the only one of his mother left; his father loveth him.
21 Then thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me and I will take care of him.
22 And we said to my lord, This son cannot leave his father; for if he were to leave him, his father would die.
23 Then thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your younger brother come down with you, you shall no more be admitted to see my face.
24 So when we went up to thy servant our father, we told him the words of our lord.
25 And when our father said, Go again and buy for us a little food;
26 we said, We cannot go. If indeed our youngest brother will go down with us, we will go down. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother be with us.
27 Thereupon thy servant our father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons;
28 and that one went out from me and you said he was devoured by a wild beast and I have not seen him since.
29 If therefore you take this one also from me and any misfortune happen to him on the journey, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave.
30 Now therefore if I should go to thy servant our father and this son be not with us, as his life dependeth on the life of this son,