Genesis 44:20

44:20 We said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. ¹  The boy’s ²  brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, ³  and his father loves him.’

Genesis 44:27

44:27 “Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife gave me two sons. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “and a small boy of old age,” meaning that he was born when his father was elderly.

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (the boy just mentioned) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “he, only he, to his mother is left.”

⁴ tn Heb “that two sons my wife bore to me.”