Genesis 42:37-38

Expanded Bible

³⁷ Then Reuben said to his father, “You may put my two sons to death if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. ·Trust him to my care [^LPut him in my hands], and I will bring him back to you.”

³⁸ But Jacob said, “·I will not allow Benjamin to go [^LMy son will not go down] with you. His brother is dead, and he ·is the only son left from my wife Rachel [^Lalone is left]. I am afraid something ·terrible [disastrous; tragic] might happen to him during the trip to Egypt. Then ·I would be sad until the day I die [^Lyou would bring my gray hair down to Sheol in anguish].”