Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 50:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:10:

  • Newari: “After they arrived at the wheat-drying threshing floor of Atad near the Jordan, being very sad, they mourned. Joseph mourned his father there for seven days.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When they reached the place-of-threshing in Atad, near the River of Jordan, they mourned there for Jacob and their weeping was very great. Jose mourned seven days for his father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They went to the east side of the Jordan River and arrived at Atad. There was a place there where people threshed/beat the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff. There they mourned loudly for Jacob for a long time. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for his father for seven days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 50:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:11:

  • Newari: “The Canaanites living there, seeing [them] weeping with broken hearts in the wheat drying field of Atad, said — ‘This turns out to be a dead body bringing of the Egyptians.’ So that place near the Jordan was called Abel Miziraim.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When the Canaanhon saw their mourning at the place-of-threshing in Atad, they said, ‘The [plural] Egiptohanon mourn very much/great.’ So-that place which (is) near the River ofJordan was called Abel Mizraim.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the Canaan people-group who lived there saw them mourning like that, they said, ‘This is a sad mourning place for the people of Egypt!’ So they named the place Abel-Mizraim, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘mourning of the Egyptians.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 50:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:12:

  • Newari: “In this way his sons did as Jacob had said [to do]” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The children of Jacob obeyed his left-behind-(instructions) to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Jacob’s sons did for him what their father had commanded.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 50:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:13:

  • Newari: “They brought his corpse to the land of Canaan and buried [it] in a cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre which Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For they brought his corpse to Canaan and buried-(it) in the cave there in the field of Macpela, east of Mamre. Abraham bought this farm from Efron the Hithanon to make-(it) a burial-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They crossed the Jordan River and carried Jacob’s body to Canaan. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre town. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people-group, to use as a burial place.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 50:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:14:

  • Newari: “After burying his father, Joseph, his brothers and all who had come with him, came back to Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After the burial, Jose returned to Egipto with his siblings/(brothers) and all who went-with/accompanied-(them) to the burial.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After he had buried his father, Joseph and his older brothers and younger brother and all the others who had gone up to Canaan with him for the funeral returned to Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 50:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:15:

  • Kankanaey: “When it was finished that their father had died, Jose’s siblings conversed-together and they said, ‘What if Jose still is-hateful/bears-a-grudge against us and he avenges the bad that we did to him in the past?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Seeing that their father was dead, Joseph’s elder brothers talked with one another like this — ‘What shall we do if Joseph, having kept a spirit of revenge until now, pours out revenge for [what] we did to him?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now that their father (was) now dead, the siblings/(brothers) of Jose said, ‘Jose might still be-holding-a-grudge-against us (incl.) and he will-pay- us (incl.) -back for what we (incl.) did to him.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers became worried. They realized what might happen. They said, ‘Suppose Joseph hates us and tries to get revenge for all the evil things that we did to him many years ago?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 50:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:16:

  • Kankanaey: “Therefore they sent someone to go tell Jose, ‘Before the death of our father,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So they sent to Joseph to cause it to be said like this — Before [he] died your father told us to speak to you like this –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So they sent a message to Jose saying, ‘Our (incl.) father before he died left-behind-(instructions)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So they sent someone to tell this to Joseph for them: ‘Before our father died, he told us this:” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 50:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:17:

  • Kankanaey: “he said (empathy particle) that we (excl.) ought to request you (sing.) that you (sing.) forgive us (excl.) for our (excl.) sins against you in the past. Therefore strong-please forgive/excuse (different word) the sins of us (excl.) who are servants of God whom your (sing.) father worshipped.’ When Jose heard that-aforementioned which they caused-him-to-hear, he cried.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “‘Forgive your elder brothers for the harm they did you.’ So now forgive the servants of the God of your father for the misdeeds they committed.’ Hearing this Joseph wept.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “to-say to you (sing.) that you (sing.) are-to-forgive us (excl.) of the bad/evil-(things) which we (excl.) did to you (pl.). So now, may you (sing.) forgive us (excl.) who also servant of God of our (incl.) father.’ When their message reached Jose he cried.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Say to Joseph, ‘Please forgive your older brothers for the evil thing that they did to you, for their terrible sin against you, because what they did to you was very wrong.” So now we, who are servants of your father’s God, ask you, please forgive us for what we did to you.’ But Joseph just cried when he received their message.” (Source: Translation for Translators)