Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 47:18:
- Kankanaey: “When the next-in-line years arrived, they went again to Jose and they said, ‘Sir, we (excl.) are not able-to-conceal/deny that our (excl.) money is already used-up and you (sing.) have already taken our (sing.) animals. There is already absolutely nothing that we (excl.) are able-to-give you (sing.) excepting our (sing.) bodies and our (sing.) land.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “The next year they came again and courteously requested — ‘We will not hide our matter from you. All our money has been spent, all our domesticated animals have become yours. Now we have nothing else except our bodies and fields.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After one year, the people again came to Jose and said, ‘(It is) not hidden from you (sing.) that we (excl.) do-not-have money anymore and our (excl.) livestock/animals are-there with you (sing.) now. Nothing at-all has- been-left/remains with us (excl.), aside-from ourselves/[lit. our ownselves] and the land.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The next year they came to him again and said, ‘We cannot hide this from you: We have no more money, and now our livestock belongs to you. We have only our bodies and our land to give to you. We have nothing else left.” (Source: Translation for Translators)