complete verse (Genesis 37:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:15:

  • Kankanaey: “a man saw-him wandering-around by the pastureland, and he said, ‘Who/What are you (sing.) looking-for?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “a man saw him wandering about and asked — ‘What are you looking for?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When he was- now there -wandering-around/[lit. going-around-and-around] in the field, there (was) a man who asked him what he was-looking-for.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, ‘Whom are you looking/searching for?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)