## Now, therefore, when I come ##

<b>Now, therefore, when I come</b> Judah is describing to Joseph a realistic but hypothetical case of what he will expect will happen to Jacob when he returns without Benjamin.

## the lad is not with us ##

"the boy is not with us"

## since his life is bound up in the boy’s life ##

"since he said he would die if the boy did not come back"

## it will come about ##

Judah is speaking about a hypothecial case in the future as if it would certainly happen. (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])

## And your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol ##

See how you translated a similar phrase in [Genesis 42:37](../42/37.md).

## And your servants ##

Judah refers to himself and his brothers as "your servants." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. Alternate translation: "And we, your servants" or "And we."

## For your servant ##

Judah refers to himself as "your servant." Alternate translation: "For I, your servant" or "For I."

## became a guarantee for the boy to my father ##

"made a promise about the boy to my father"

## then I will bear the guilt to my father ##

"then my father may blame me"