complete verse (Genesis 42:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:31:

  • Kankanaey: “We answered, ‘We (excl.) are not spies, what we (excl.) are saying is emphatically true.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “We said to him, ‘We are good men, not ones who have come to spy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But we (excl.) answered him that we (excl.) are (not) spies and we (excl.) are-telling the truth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)