It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
When our father sees that the young man is not with us, he will die from grief. We, your servants, will be responsible for bringing our elderly father to his grave in deep sorrow.
Judah is pleading with Joseph, explaining that their father Jacob will literally die of heartbreak if Benjamin doesn't return home safely.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of Judah's desperate plea to Joseph (whom he doesn't recognize) to release Benjamin and take him as a slave instead. Jacob had already lost his beloved son Joseph (or so he thought) and had been devastated. Benjamin was now his remaining beloved son from his wife Rachel, and Jacob had only reluctantly allowed him to go to Egypt because of the severe famine.
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