Ephrem the Syrian : After they had loaded their supplies, the [brothers] went up and related to their father the evils that they had endured on this trip and how they had become objects of ridicule in Egypt, having been falsely accused of spying in Egypt, and that they would not have escaped this suffering had it not been for Benjamin. While some of them were recounting these things to their father, the others were emptying their sacks, and behold, each one found his money in the opening of his sack.Jacob was full of grief because of all that had happened to them, but even more because of Simeon who was imprisoned. Although the brothers implored him daily to send Benjamin with them, Jacob would not assent because of his fear due to [what had happened to] Joseph. Then, when their grain had run out and all the children of his household were languishing from hunger, all his sons drew near and said to Jacob, "Spare Simeon for the sake of his children and be without your youngest son for a few days, lest Simeon's wife be widowed of Simeon." — COMMENTARY ON Genesis 37:1-2 Augustine of Hippo : STILL ON HELL. — And you will bring down my old age with sadness to hell. Would he go down to hell precisely because he came down with sadness? Or, even if the sadness is absent, does this perhaps mean as if by indicating that by dying he would descend into hell? About hell there is a big problem, and that is why we must study all the passages in which this word is mentioned. [ — QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 141 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)