Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 41:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:6:

  • Kankanaey: “A-little-while-later also reportedly, seven other (lit. also) heads-of-grain sprouted and grew whose fruit was poorly-formed because hot wind had scorched it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After that seven heads of grain, thin and withered by the east wind, appeared.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And from that stem also, came-out also seven lean/thin heads-of-grain which (were)-hardened by hot wind from the east.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After that, the king saw that seven other heads of grain sprouted on that (OR, on another) stalk. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 41:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:7:

  • Kankanaey: “And they ate-all-of those whose fruit was well-formed. Then the king again woke-up/got-up and come-to-find-out it was only a dream.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then the seven thin heads of thin grain swallowed up the seven full heads of grain. Then Pharaoh awoke from [his] sleep. He realized that it had been a dream.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the lean/thin heads-of-grain ate up the seven good/full sheaves/heads-of-grain. Then the king woke up. He thought that (it was) true but (it was) only a dream [surprise-particle].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven ripe full heads. Then the king woke up. He realized that he had been dreaming.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 41:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:8:

  • Kankanaey: “When it-got-light then (i.e. next day), he was-worried, so he caused-to-be-invited all the wise/skilled/intelligent future-predictors and omen-interpreters in their land at Egipto so-that he would ask them what his dreams meant to say. But when he related-(them) to them, none was able-to-tell their (lit. its) meaning to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The next morning, Pharaoh’s mind not being at rest, sent to summon the astrologers and the ones who were learned and skilled in the whole land. He told them about the dream that he had seen. None of them, however, were able to tell Pharaoh its meaning.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In-the-morning, the mind of the king was-troubled about his dreams so he summoned/caused-to-call all the magicians and wise/smart men of Egipto. He told them his dreams, but not one of them could-explain the meaning of those.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But the next morning he was worried about the meaning of the dream. So he summoned all the magicians and wise men who lived in Egypt. He told them what he had dreamed, but none of them could tell him the meaning of the two dreams.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 41:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:9:

  • Kankanaey: “When that was so, the drink-server said, ‘Sir King, I am-able-to-remember my fault previously.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “At that time the cup bearer said — ‘Today I remember my fault.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the head of servers of wine came-near to the king and said, ‘I remembered now my sins.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the chief drink-server said to the king, ‘Now I remember something that I should have told you! I made a mistake by forgetting to tell it to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 41:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:10:

  • Kankanaey: “You (sing.) became-angry-at me and the leader of those who cook bread. And you (sing.) had- us (excl.) -imprisoned in the location of the house of the captain of the guards.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He said to Pharaoh — ‘Once the great king was angry with the chief baker and me and imprisoned us.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Is-it not that you were-angry in-time-past with me and the head of the ones-who-bakes bread, and you (sing.) in-fact had- us (excl.) -put in prison in the house of the captain of the guards at the palace?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “One time you were angry with two of us. So you put me and the chief baker in the prison in the house of the captain of the palace guards.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 41:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:11:

  • Kankanaey: “There-was one night that we (excl.) two dreamed and we (excl.) knew that there-was-(something) that what we (excl.) dreamed meant to say.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “At that time in the same night both of us had dreams which had different interpretations.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Do you (sing.) (know) that one night back-then, we (excl.) too dreamed, and the meaning of our (excl.) dreams were different.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 41:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:12:

  • Kankanaey: “There-was also a Hebreo young-man who was a slave of the captain of the guards with-whom- we (excl.) -were-joined/added in the prison. When we (excl.) related to him what we (excl.) had dreamed, he told what they meant to say.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The young Hebrew servant of the officer in charge of the prison was also there in prison with us. We told him the dreams that we had had. He interpreted both of our dreams.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) had a companion there who was a young Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards at the palace. We (excl.) told him our dreams and he explained to us (excl.) the meaning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “There was a young Hebrew man there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the palace guards. We told him what we had dreamed, and he told us what our dreams meant. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 41:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:13:

  • Kankanaey: “And what he told was-fulfilled (admiration particle), because as for me, you (sing.) had-me-returned to my former work, but my companion by-contrast, you (sing.) had- him -hung.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And just like he said, just like that it happened. I returned to my job again, and the bread baker was hanged.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “What he said to us (excl.) really happened: You (sing.) had- me -restored/caused-to-be-returned to my work and you (sing.) had-impaled on wooden-pole/treethe head the ones-who-cook/(-bake) bread.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And what happened was exactly the same as the meanings that he told us: You said I could have my previous job again, but the other man was killed by being hanged. The Hebrew man’s name was Joseph.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)