12 And it will come to pass, when we go to thy servant our father, and the lad is not with us, that he will die, and we shall bring down our father with sorrow unto death. (JUB) 13 Now rather let me, thy servant, abide instead of the boy as a bondsman unto my lord, and let the lad go with his brethren, for I became surety for him at the hand of thy servant our father, and if I do not bring him back, thy servant will hear the blame to our father for ever.' (JUB) 14 And Joseph saw that they were all accordant in goodness one with another, and he could not refrain himself, and he told them that he was Joseph. (JUB)
Book of Jubilees 43:12–14
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Genesis 44:29–31
29 Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’ 30 So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life, 31 sees that the boy is not…
Genesis 44:33–34
33 Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers. 34 For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
Genesis 44:21–23
21 Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’ 22 So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’ 23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down wit…
Genesis 43:7–9
7 They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?” 8 And Judah said… 9 …
Genesis 43:2–4
2 So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.” 3 But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’ 4 If yo…
Book of Jubilees 42:18–20
18 And Reuben said: 'Give him into my hand, and if I do not bring him back to thee, slay my two sons instead of his soul.' (JUB) 19 And he said unto him: 'He shall not go with thee.' And Judah came near and said: 'Send him with me, and if I do not bring him back to thee,… (JUB) 20 … (JUB)
Genesis 42:37–38
37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.” 38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm com…
Book of Jubilees 42:9–11
9 And they went up from the land of Egypt and they came to the land of Canaan; and they told their father all that had befallen them, and how the lord of the country had spoken roughly to them, and had seized Simeon till they should bring Benjamin. (JUB) 10 And Jacob sai… (JUB)
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