42:13 They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. 1 We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, 2 and one is no longer alive.” 3
Genesis 42:36
42:36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. 4 Simeon is gone. 5 And now you want to take 6 Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
1 tnHeb “twelve [were] your servants, brothers [are] we.”
2 tnHeb “today.”
3 tnHeb “and the one is not.”
4 tnHeb “is not.”
5 tnHeb “is not.”
6 tn The nuance of the imperfect verbal form is desiderative here.