complete verse (Genesis 50:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:8:

  • Newari: “All of Joseph’s household, his brothers and his father’s affinal kin also went. Only their children, the cows, sheep and cattle were left behind there in Goshen.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Joined also (were) the household of Jose and the household of his siblings/(brothers), the whole household of Jacob. The (ones who)-were-left in Goshen (were) their small children and their animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “His own family’s small children and their sheep and goats and their cattle stayed in the Goshen region. But all the rest of Joseph’s family and his older brothers and younger brother and his father’s family went with him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)