36 Their father Jacob said, 'You have caused me to be without children. Joseph is not living, Simeon is held in chains, and Benjamin you would carry away. All these evils have fallen back upon me.'
37 And Reuben answered him, 'Put my two sons to death, if I do not lead him back to you. Deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to you.'
38 But he said: 'My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any adversity will befall him in the land to which you travel, you would lead my grey hairs down with sorrow to the grave.'
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