complete verse (Genesis 43:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 43:12:

  • Kankanaey: “Double also the money that you take-along, because you must return what was put in your sacks. Maybe, that was only a mistake.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then take along double the silver, for you still have to repay your returned money. It might have been a miscalculation.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (pl.)] double the money that you bring for you (pl.) must return the money that was-returned to your (pl.) sacks. Maybe at-that-time they just made-a-mistake.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Take twice as much money as you took the previous time, because you must return the silver that someone put in the tops of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake that it was put in your sacks.” (Source: Translation for Translators)