³⁸ But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should come to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”^(A)

²⁹ If you take this one also from me and harm comes to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in sorrow to Sheol.’^(A)

³¹ when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

¹⁷ The elders of his house stood beside him urging him to rise from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.