complete verse (Genesis 42:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:10:

  • Kankanaey: “‘No indeed sir,’ they said. ‘We consider ourselves (lit. our bodies) as your (sing.) slaves and it is emphatically true that our (excl.) purpose only in coming here was that we (excl.) buy what we (excl.) will eat.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They said — ‘No, it’s not like that. Your servants have come to buy grain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They replied, ‘No, sir! We (excl.) (are) not spies. We (excl.) came here in-order to buy food.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “One of them replied, ‘No, sir! We have come to buy grain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)