Genesis 44:31-33

International Standard Version

³¹ when he notices that the young man hasn’t come back with us, he’ll die, and your servants really will have brought death to your servant, our father,^[a] along with his sad, gray hair! ³² Also, your servant pledged his own life as^[b] a guarantee of the young man’s safety. I told my father, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, you can blame me forever.’ ³³ Therefore, please allow your servant to remain as a slave to Your Excellency, instead of the young man, and let the young man go back home with his brothers.