Genesis 44:25

Our father said. After having reminded Joseph in courteous but definite terms that his demands were the cause of Benjamin’s presence in Egypt, he proceeded to depict in affectionate and effective words the love of their aged father for the son of his old age, and his grief when they informed him that they might not return to Egypt without Benjamin. He related the intense anxiety with which, after a severe struggle, their father had finally permitted him to come. He emphasized the sober fact that they would bring down the gray hairs of their father with sorrow to the grave (see ch. 37:35), should they return without the youth.