Genesis 44:26-28

New Catholic Bible

²⁶ We answered, ‘We cannot return down there if our younger brother does not go down with us. Otherwise, we will not be admitted into the presence of that man, if our younger brother is not with us.’

²⁷ “Your servant, my father, said, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. ²⁸ One left me, and I said, “Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have not seen him since.