Genesis 31:5

31:5 There he said to them, “I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, ¹  but the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 42:13

42:13 They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. ²  We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, ³  and one is no longer alive.” ⁴ 

Genesis 42:32

42:32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. ⁵  One is no longer alive, ⁶  and the youngest is with our father at this time ⁷  in the land of Canaan.’

Genesis 44:34

44:34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see ⁸  my father’s pain.” ⁹ 

[31:5]  ¹ tn Heb “I see the face of your father, that he is not toward me as formerly.”

[42:13]  ² tn Heb “twelve [were] your servants, brothers [are] we.”

[42:13]  ³ tn Heb “today.”

[42:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the one is not.”

[42:32]  ³ tn Heb “twelve [were] we, brothers, sons of our father [are] we.”

[42:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one is not.”

[42:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “today.”

[44:34]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “lest I see,” which expresses a negative purpose – “I cannot go up lest I see.”

[44:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “the calamity which would find my father.”