22 “And we said to my master, ‘The boy is not able to leave his father, for if he leaves his father, his father shall die.’
23 “But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you do not see my face again.’
24 “And it came to be, when we went up to your servant my father, that we told him the words of my master.
25 “And our father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26 “But we said, ‘We are not able to go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we shall go down, for we are not able to see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’
27 “Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons,
28 and the one went out from me, and I said, “Truly, he is torn, torn to pieces!” And I have not seen him since.