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For I, too, was once my father’s son, tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.
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American Standard Version
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Christian Standard Bible
When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother,
English Standard Version
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
King James Version
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
New American Standard Bible
When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
New International Version
For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.
New King James Version
When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
World English Bible
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.