complete verse (Genesis 44:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:31:

  • Kankanaey: “Then he continued to say, ‘So then sir, if I leave-behind my younger-sibling here and I do not arrive-with-(him) to my father, he will die from his sorrow, because he is already old and this our (excl.) younger-sibling is the place-of-concentration of his love.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If [he] does not see him he will die. In this way we will be judged guilty for his death.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “very surely our (excl.) elderly father will-die in sorrow.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If he sees that the boy is not with us when we return to him, he will die. We will cause our gray-haired father to die because of his sorrow.” (Source: Translation for Translators)