and how the lord of the country had spoken roughly to them, and had seized Simeon till they should bring Benjamin.
And Jacob said: "Me have ye bereaved of my children! Joseph is not and Simeon also is not, and ye will take Benjamin away. On me hath your wickedness come."
And he said: "My son will not go down with you lest perchance he fall sick;
for their mother gave birth to two sons, and one hath perished, and this one also ye will take from me. If perchance he took a fever on the road, ye would bring down my old age with sorrow unto death."