Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:2:

• Kankanaey: “because there-is reportedly food in Egipto. Please go buy-food-supplies there so-that we do not die with hunger.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “I have heard that there is grain in the land of Egypt. If we are to be surviving, go there, buy grain and bring it.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I have-heard that there is food for-sale as-it-is-said in Egipto, so [you (pl.)] go there and buy so-that we will- not -die of famine/hunger.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said to them, ‘Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)