3:21a The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead.

The following morning, when I got up to breastfeed my son, there was the/a dead baby!
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The next day, I rose early to feed my son but found that the baby boy ⌊lying next to me⌋ was dead!

3:21b But when I examined him,

But after looking at him carefully, in the daylight,
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When it was light I had a good/careful look at the boy/baby.

3:21c I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”

I realized that he was not the son I had given birth to.”
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I could see that he/it was not my son!”

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