³⁷ Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my hand, and I will return him to you.” ³⁸ But ^[a]Jacob said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his ^(A)brother is dead, and he alone remains. ^(B)If harm should befall him on the journey on which you are going, then you will ^(C)bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”