Genesis 42:37-38

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁷ Then Reuben said to his father, ‘You can kill my two sons if I don’t bring him back to you. Put him in my care,^[a] and I will return him to you.’

³⁸ But Jacob answered, ‘My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left.^(A) If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my grey hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’^(B)