Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:25:
- Kankanaey: “Jose then said, ‘Sir King, God has caused- you (sing.) -to-dream those two dreams of yours so-that what he will do in-the-future will-become-known. The meaning of the two of them is-the-same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Joseph said to Pharaoh — ‘Great king, both dreams have the same meaning. God has shown the Great King what He is about to do.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jose said to the king, ‘Beloved King, your (sing.) two dreams have only one meaning. Through these dreams, God has-revealed to you (sing.) what- he -is-going-to-do.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Joseph said to the king, ‘Both your dreams have the same meaning. God is revealing to you in your dreams what he is about to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:57:
- Kankanaey: “Many also were the people who went to Egipto who came-from far countries so-that they would go buy-food from Jose, because the famine had also become-worse in their locations.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Since the famine took place in all lands, those living in other lands also came to Joseph to buy grain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Almost all nations also went to Egipto to-buy food from Jose because the famine (was) very severe in every place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And people from many nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:32:
- Kankanaey: “We (excl.) would have been ten and two siblings the children of an old-man in Canaan, but the one is-no-more and as for the youngest, he was left-behind at the location of our (excl.) father,’ we (excl.) said to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “We are twelve brothers, having one father. One is no more. The youngest is with our father in Canaan,’ we said.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) also said that we (excl.) (were) twelve siblings/(brothers) and we (excl.) have only one father. We (excl.) also told him that one of our (excl.) siblings/(brothers) (is) dead now and our (excl.) youngest-one (is) here with you (sing.) in Canaan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died, and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 43:26:
- Kankanaey: “When Jose then arrived, they knelt-down and bent-face-downward in giving (him) what they had arrived-with.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Joseph came to the house they gave him the gifts that they had brought. Then kneeling, they bowed down.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When Jose arrived, they gave their gifts and knelt-down in-front of him as (a sign of) respect.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts that they had brought into the house. Then they bowed down to the ground in front of him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:1:
- Kankanaey: “Upon Jose’s hearing that, he was not able-to-control his feelings in front of his slaves, so he commanded them that they all leave. So it was that Jose and his siblings were alone when-he-made- himself -known to them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Joseph was no longer able to control his heart, he expelled all the workers from there. When only his elder brothers remained, he told his elder brothers who he was.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jose could- no-longer -control himself, so he had- his servants -go-out. And when the other people with Jose were no-longer (there), he made- (himself) -to-be-recognized/known by his siblings/(brothers).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Joseph was not able to control his feelings any longer. He did not want to cry in front of his servants, so he said to them loudly, ‘All of you go outside!’ After they went outside, there was no one else there with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 46:5:
- Kankanaey: “When it was light, Jacob set-out from Beerseba. His children had- him and the mothers-and-children -ride in the horse-drawn-carriages that the king in Egipto had sent.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that Jacob went from Beersheba. His sons put him, his children and [his] wives in the large carts that Pharaoh had sent.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jacob had- his children -ride in the cart/wagon that was-given by the king of Egipto for him to ride-in. They also had- their wives and children -ride, and they left there at Beersheba.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children, in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 47:22:
- Kankanaey: “That alone which Jose did not buy was the land of the priests, because the king was-giving-them what they would eat and it was not necessary that they sell their land.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Only the priests living there did not have to sell their fields. For the king had distributed grain to them every day.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Only the lands of the priests were- not -bought by Jose. They did- not -need to-sell their lands because they were-provided-for by the king with their food.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But he did not buy the priests’ land, because they received food from the king regularly, so the food that the king gave them was enough for them. That is the reason they did not sell their land to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:16:
- Kankanaey: “Therefore they sent someone to go tell Jose, ‘Before the death of our father,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “So they sent to Joseph to cause it to be said like this — Before [he] died your father told us to speak to you like this –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So they sent a message to Jose saying, ‘Our (incl.) father before he died left-behind-(instructions)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So they sent someone to tell this to Joseph for them: ‘Before our father died, he told us this:” (Source: Translation for Translators)