Genesis 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.’

Ge 35:18; Ge 37:3,19; Ge 37:33-35; Ge 42:36,38; Ge 43:7,8; Ge 44:27-29; Ge 46:21; Ge 49:8; Lu 7:12

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.”