Genesis 18:17

18:17 Then the Lord said, “Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

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. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’


tn The active participle here refers to an action that is imminent.

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

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

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