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OET (OET-LV) and_lifted_up eyes_his and_he/it_saw DOM Binyāmīn his/its_woman the_son his/its_mother and_he/it_said this brother_your_all’s the_small(sg) whom you_all_spoke to_me and_said god gracious_you son_my.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yosef looked around and saw his full-brother Benyamin, and asked, “Is this your youngest brother that you spoke to me about?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
Note 1 topic: translate-kinship
וַיִּשָּׂ֣א עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּ֞רְא אֶת־בִּנְיָמִ֣ין אָחִיו֮
and,lifted_up eyes,his and=he/it_saw DOM Binyāmīn his/its=woman
Benjamin was younger than Joseph. Also, consider again how you translated the idiom “lifted … eyes” in the book of Genesis. See Gen 13:10, 14; 18:2; 22:4, 13; 24:63-64; 31:10; 33:1, 5; 37:25; 39:7; 43:29. Alternate translation: “Then Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin,” or “When Joseph looked around at them all, he saw his brother Benjamin,”
בֶּן אִמּוֹ֒
son_of his/its=mother
Alternate translation: “who was the only other son of his own mother,”
Note 2 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
and=he/it_said
Alternate translation: “and he asked them,”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲזֶה֙ אֲחִיכֶ֣ם הַקָּטֹ֔ן
?,this brother,your_all's the=small(sg)
This question could be an actual question or a rhetorical question. The fact that Joseph does not wait for an answer suggests that this is a rhetorical question, especially since he already realized that the new brother in the group was Benjamin (verse 16). Alternate translation: “So this young man must be your youngest brother” or “I suppose this young man is your youngest brother”
אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֵלָ֑י
which/who told to,me
Make sure that your punctuation here fits with the way you translated this sentence, either as a question or a statement.
אֱלֹהִ֥ים יָחְנְךָ֖
ʼₑlhīmv gracious,you
See how you translated “God has been gracious to …” in Gen 33:11. Also see how you translated “grace” in 24:12, 14 ,27, 49; 39:21. Alternate translation: “I pray that God will be gracious to you,”
בְּנִֽי
son,my
The phrase my son is a kind way to address a man who is younger or of lower status; it does not mean that Benjamin was Joseph’s actual son. Also, for some languages it is necessary to put this address first in this quote. Do what is natural in your language.
43:29 May God be gracious to you, my son: Joseph’s blessing to his full brother fulfilled Jacob’s prayer (43:14).
OET (OET-LV) and_lifted_up eyes_his and_he/it_saw DOM Binyāmīn his/its_woman the_son his/its_mother and_he/it_said this brother_your_all’s the_small(sg) whom you_all_spoke to_me and_said god gracious_you son_my.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yosef looked around and saw his full-brother Benyamin, and asked, “Is this your youngest brother that you spoke to me about?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.