Genesis 44:21-26

21“Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’

22We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’

23But you said to your servants, ‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’

24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

25“Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’

26But we replied, ‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’