Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:6:

• Kankanaey: “Since Jose was governor of the country, and he just the same was the one who was selling food to those-who-came-from other collective-countries, they went and knelt face-down to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “At that time Joseph was head over the land of Egypt and since he was selling grain, his elder brothers bowed down, falling prostrate on the ground.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “As governor of Egipto, (it was) the responsibility of Jose to-sell food to the whole/entire land. So when his siblings/(brothers) arrived, they knelt-down to Jose as respecting him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:7:

• Kankanaey: “When Jose saw his siblings, he recognized-(them) instantly, but he conversed-with them as if they were strangers and he said speaking-harshly, ‘Where are you from?’ ‘We (excl.) came-from Canaan to go buy-food-supplies,’ they said replying,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “As soon as he saw his elder brothers he recognized them. But pretending not to recognize them, he asked them loudly — ‘Where have you come from?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Jose saw them, he recognized them right-away, but they on-the-other-hand did- not -recognize him. He just did- not -let- himself -to-be-noticed that he (was) Jose. He spoke harshly to them. He asked, ‘Where- (are) you (pl.) -from.’ They replied, ‘We (excl.) (are) from-Canaan, and we (excl.) came here in-order to-buy food.’ Jose then remembered his dream about them which brought-about- their -being-angry (with him). He said, ‘You (pl.) (are) spies! You (pl.) came here in-order to-see which portion/part of our (excl.) nation (is) weak in defense.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, ‘Where do you come from?’ One of them replied, ‘We have come from Canaan, to buy some grain.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:8:

• Kankanaey: “because guess-what they did not recognize him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Even though Joseph recognized them, they were not able to recognize him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Jose saw them, he recognized them right-away, but they on-the-other-hand did- not -recognize him. He just did- not -let- himself -to-be-noticed that he (was) Jose. He spoke harshly to them. He asked, ‘Where- (are) you (pl.) -from.’ They replied, ‘We (excl.) (are) from-Canaan, and we (excl.) came here in-order to-buy food.’ Jose then remembered his dream about them which brought-about- their -being-angry (with him). He said, ‘You (pl.) (are) spies! You (pl.) came here in-order to-see which portion/part of our (excl.) nation (is) weak in defense.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:9:

• Kankanaey: “Then Jose remembered what he had dreamed in the past concerning them and he said, ‘You are probably spies! You have come here to spy-out this country of ours (excl.) (to see) if it has areas-of-weakness.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He remembered the dream that he saw concerning them, then he said — ‘You have come here to do spying. You are ones who have come to learn the weakness of our land.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Jose saw them, he recognized them right-away, but they on-the-other-hand did- not -recognize him. He just did- not -let- himself -to-be-noticed that he (was) Jose. He spoke harshly to them. He asked, ‘Where- (are) you (pl.) -from.’ They replied, ‘We (excl.) (are) from-Canaan, and we (excl.) came here in-order to-buy food.’ Jose then remembered his dream about them which brought-about- their -being-angry (with him). He said, ‘You (pl.) (are) spies! You (pl.) came here in-order to-see which portion/part of our (excl.) nation (is) weak in defense.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And then Joseph remembered what he had dreamed about them many years previously. But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother. He said to them, ‘You are spies! You have come to find out whether we will be able to defend ourselves if you attack us!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:10:

• Kankanaey: “‘No indeed sir,’ they said. ‘We consider ourselves (lit. our bodies) as your (sing.) slaves and it is emphatically true that our (excl.) purpose only in coming here was that we (excl.) buy what we (excl.) will eat.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They said — ‘No, it’s not like that. Your servants have come to buy grain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They replied, ‘No, sir! We (excl.) (are) not spies. We (excl.) came here in-order to buy food.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “One of them replied, ‘No, sir! We have come to buy grain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:11:

• Kankanaey: “We (excl.) are all siblings. What we (excl.) are telling is emphatically true, we (excl.) are not spies.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “We are all brothers. We have not come to do spying.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) are- all -siblings/(brothers) with just one father, and we (excl.) are telling the truth. We (excl.) (are) not spies.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:12:

• Kankanaey: “‘This is too much (= Oh come on)! You came here so-that you would spy-out this country of ours (excl.),’ said Jose answering.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Joseph said — ‘No, you have come to learn the weakness of this land.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But Jose said, ‘I do- not -believe (it)! You (pl.) came here in-order to-see as-to which portion/part of our (excl.) nation (is) weak in defense.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said to them, ‘I do not believe you. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)