3 For I too was a son to my father,

still tender, and cherished by my mother.

3 For I was my father’s son,

Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

3 For I, too, was once my father’s son,

tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.

3 When I was my father’s son,

Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,

3 When I was a young boy in my father’s house

and like an only child to my mother,

3 For I was a son unto my father,

Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

3 For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

3 When I was a boy ⸤learning⸥ from my father, 

when I was a tender and only child of my mother, 

3 When I was a son with my father,

tender and precious to my mother,

3 When I was a son with my father,

tender, and my mother’s favorite,

3 When I was a son to my father,

tender and alone before my mother,

3 I was once a young boy in my father’s house.

I was my mother’s only child.

3 When I was a son to my father,

Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,