And she called his name Joseph: see Revised Standard Version and Good News Translation footnotes for the double explanation of the name Joseph.

May the LORD add to me another son!: the word add is related to the name Joseph in Hebrew, but in most languages “give me another” expresses the meaning adequately.

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .