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Genesis 44:20
New English Translation
Genesis 44:20
New English Translation
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.[a] The boy’s[b] brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left,[c] and his father loves him.’
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- Genesis 44:20 tn Heb “and a small boy of old age,” meaning that he was born when his father was elderly.
- Genesis 44:20 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the boy just mentioned) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 44:20 tn Heb “he, only he, to his mother is left.”
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