Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:5:

• Kankanaey: “Why have you stolen his silver cup? That is a heavy (i.e. serious) sin of yours, because that’s what-he-drinks-from and what he also uses to divine.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Why have you stolen the cup which my master uses to drink from and to test good and evil? You have done this very evil deed.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Why did- you (pl.) -take the cup that my master drinks-from and (that) he uses for divination? This (which) you (pl.) have-done is bad.’ ‘” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You have stolen the cup that my master drinks from! It is the cup that he uses to find out things that nobody knows! What you did was very wicked!”” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:7:

• Kankanaey: “And they said answering, ‘What perhaps does that mean to say sir? God knows that there-is- absolutely -nothing we (excl.) have done like that.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They said to him — ‘What is this that you have said, Lord! Your servants are not able to do such a thing.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They said to the steward, ‘Sir, how can you (sing.) say that? (It is) impossible that we (excl.) would-do that thing?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But one of them replied to him, ‘Sir, why do you say such things? We are your servants, and we would never do anything like that!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:8:

• Kankanaey: “You (sing.) emphatically know that upon- our (excl.) -coming-from Canaan, we (excl.) returned to you (sing.) the silver that we (excl.) found in our (excl.) sacks. Therefore what is your (sing.) basis-for-saying that we (excl.) stole silver or gold from the house of your (sing.) master?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Furthermore, we even brought back from the land of Canaan the silver we found in our sacks. Why would we steal gold [or] silver from your master’s house?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) know also/as-well that from Canaan we (excl.) brought-back to you (sing.) the money which we (excl.) saw in our (excl.) sacks. So why would- we (excl.) -steal silver or gold from the house of your (sing.) master?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “We even brought back to you from Canaan land the silver that we found inside the tops of our sacks! So we certainly would not steal silver or gold from your master’s house!/Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:9:

• Kankanaey: “Go-ahead, look-for-it then. If even any of us (excl.) has the cup, you (pl.)-might-as-well kill him and cause- us (excl.) -to-become your (sing.) slaves.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “If that is found with any of your servants, kill him, and all of us will also stay [here] as your master’s servants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) find that cup among one of us (excl.), he will-be-killed and we will-become your (pl.) slaves.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “If you discover that any of us has that cup, you can execute him, and the rest of us will become your slaves.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:10:

• Kankanaey: “Then slave then said, ‘All-right then, but it’s-OK-if only the one-who-stole is-enslaved to me. The others by-contrast, they can be-free.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He said — ‘Good! It will be just as you said. But whoever has it, only he will be my servant, all the others can go.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The steward said, ‘Okay, if the cup will-be-found among one of you (pl.) he will-become my slave, and the rest of you (pl.) have- no -responsibility.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The man replied, ‘Okay, I will do what you say. But the one who has the cup will not be executed. Instead, he will become my slave, and the rest of you may return home.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:11:

• Kankanaey: “So it was that they immediately-lowered their sacks and each went and opened-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They all lowered their sacks to the ground and untied [them].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So each one hurriedly lowered their sacks and they opened-(them).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Each of the men quickly lowered his sack down from the donkey to the ground and opened it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:12:

• Kankanaey: “The slave thoroughly searched starting-with the oldest until the youngest, and he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “That man searched one person [lit.: body] at a time from the eldest to the youngest. And that cup was found in the sack of Benjamin.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the steward searched the sacks from the oldest-one until the youngest-one, and the cup was-found in the sack of Benjamin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then the servant started to search for the cup in each sack. He started with the oldest brother’s sack and ended with the youngest one’s sack. And he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack and showed it to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)