complete verse (Genesis 41:48)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:48:

  • Kankanaey: “Jose caused-to-be-gathered what the people harvested in each town and he caused-it-to-be-stored in their granaries there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “During those seven years Joseph collected all the plentiful grain and stored it in the cities. In all the cities he collected the grain of the surrounding areas and stored it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And in those years, Jose gathered-up all that was-collected from the harvests. He had-kept/stored-away in each city the harvest from the farms in the surrounding-(areas)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “As Joseph supervised them, his helpers collected one-fifth of all the grain that was produced during those years, and stored it in the cities. In each city, he had his helpers store up the grain that was grown in the fields that surrounded that city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)