“And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”
If you take this one from me too, and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in evil. Jacob's fear — bring my gray head down to the grave — is the fear that has held Benjamin back and now drives Judah's speech. The application: the love of the father for the son, spoken through the son's advocate to the son's hidden presence, is one of the most layered moments in Genesis.
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