Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:21:

• Kankanaey: “and they said conversing-together, ‘Here-now we are-being-hardshipped today because of what we did to our younger-sibling in the past. Because we saw (relevant reason particle) his hardship/suffering and his sorrow/hurt feelings when-he-pleaded- to us -for-mercy but we turned-a-deaf-ear-to-him (lit. deafed-him) anyway. That’s probably the reason that we have been-overtaken by this hardship.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then they talked with one another — ‘We have to bear trouble like this because of what we did to our younger brother. When he was in trouble, even though he begged for help we had no concern. So now trouble has come to us like this.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Before they left, they said to one another, ‘We (are) now being-punished of what we (incl.) did to our (incl.) sibling/(brother). We (incl.) saw his suffering when he begged us (incl.), but we (incl.) did- not at-all -pity him. That is the reason why this difficulty has-come to us (incl.).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They said to each other, ‘It is surely because of what we did to our younger brother that we are being punished/God is punishing us! We saw that he was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:22:

• Kankanaey: “Ruben also said, ‘I told you of-course not to do bad to him, but you didn’t pay-attention (blame particle). And here-now we are paying-for/atoning-for (Ilo. ikaro) his death.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Reuben said — ‘Didn’t I say not to do anything to him? You did not listen to what I said. Now we have to pay the price for his blood, do we not?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Reuben said, ‘Did- not I -tell you (pl.) back-then not to-harm the child? But you (pl.) would not listened to me. Therefore we (incl.) (are) now being-asked-for-payment for his death.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Reuben said to them, ‘I told you not to harm the boy, but you did not pay attention to what I said! Now we are being paid back/punished for killing him!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:23:

• Kankanaey: “They said that because they did not (empathy particle) know that Jose understood their speech, because starting-from their arrival there, there-was someone whom Jose had called to interpret.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Joseph understood what they were saying. Since an interpreter had been put between them, they did not realize that he understood their language.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They did- not -know that Jose could-understand what they were-talking-about because when he spoke to them he had an interpreter.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language, but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:24:

• Kankanaey: “So it was that Jose left to go cry. When it was possible that he was able-to-speak, he returned to their location and he-set-apart Simeon, and he caused-him-to-be-tied in front of them all.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Turning away, Joseph wept. Then, looking back again, he spoke with them. Then, taking Simeon, he tied him up in their presence.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose left them for-the-mean-time and cried. But later-on he returned and spoke to them. He separated Simeon from them and had- (him) -bound in-front-of them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong. He could not keep from crying, and he did not want them to see him crying, so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:25:

• Kankanaey: “When that was so, Jose ordered his slaves that they fill the sacks of his siblings with wheat and that they insert the money that each one had paid in his sack. He also ordered that they give-(them) food-to-take-along that would suffice for the trail. When that was finished,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Joseph gave the order to put grain to fill their sacks and to put their silver money in their sacks. He also gave the order to put in food and drink for them to eat on the way. After that was done,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Jose commanded to-fill with food the sacks of his siblings and return to/in their sacks their payment, and send-with them their needs for their journey. All that Jose commanded was-fulfilled.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Joseph told his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After the servants did those things for Joseph’s older brothers,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:26:

• Kankanaey: “his siblings loaded the wheat they had bought on their donkeys and set-out.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “they loaded the grain on the donkeys and went from there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the siblings/(brothers) of Jose loaded their sacks onto their donkeys and set-out.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:27:

• Kankanaey: “When it-was-night, they stopped on the trail so-that there- they -would-overnight. When one then opened his sack so-that he would feed his donkey, guess-what right there was his money placed-on-top-of the wheat.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “At the place [where] they stayed in the evening, one of them, thinking to feed grain to [his] donkey, when he opened his sack also saw his money at the top of it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When they stopped for a night in one place, one of them opened-up his sack to feed his donkey. When- he -opened-(it), he found there the money that he had-paid.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:28:

• Kankanaey: “He called to his siblings and said, ‘Look really! They have returned my money! Here it is in my sack.’ Therefore they were extremely worried, and they stared-at-each-other with their fear and they said, ‘Oh horrors (expression of dismay)! What perhaps is this that God has done to us?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He said to the others — ‘My money has been given back to me. [It] has been put here in my sack.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He yelled to his siblings/(brothers), ‘My payment has-been-returned! It (is) here in my sack.’ They all became-weak and worried. They asked-each-other, ‘What (is) this that God has-done to us?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He exclaimed to his brothers, ‘Someone has returned my money! Here it is in my sack!’ They started shaking with fear, and said to each other, ‘What is this that God has done to us?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)