Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:30:

• Kankanaey: “Then he continued to say, ‘So then sir, if I leave-behind my younger-sibling here and I do not arrive-with-(him) to my father, he will die from his sorrow, because he is already old and this our (excl.) younger-sibling is the place-of-concentration of his love.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “So now, when we go back, he must also be taken along. For our father’s life is knit with him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘So, sir, the life of our (excl.) father is-connected/tied-up to the life of the child. If we (excl.) go-home where/[Linker] he (is) not with us (excl.),” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘o please listen. My father will remain alive only if his youngest son remains alive.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:31:

• Kankanaey: “Then he continued to say, ‘So then sir, if I leave-behind my younger-sibling here and I do not arrive-with-(him) to my father, he will die from his sorrow, because he is already old and this our (excl.) younger-sibling is the place-of-concentration of his love.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “If [he] does not see him he will die. In this way we will be judged guilty for his death.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “very surely our (excl.) elderly father will-die in sorrow.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “If he sees that the boy is not with us when we return to him, he will die. We will cause our gray-haired father to die because of his sorrow.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:32:

• Kankanaey: “As for me, I also vowed that I would-be-responsible for him, and I told our (excl.) father that if I did not return his child to him, I would be the one he was to blame forever.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “I have come to take responsibility for him. I came and said to my father — ‘If I am not able to bring him back, I will bear the guilt for this until I die.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I guaranteed my life for our youngest-one. I told my father that if I could- not -bring- him -back to him, I (will-be) the-one to-be-blamed forever/[lit. until-whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I guaranteed/promised to my father that the boy would return safely. I told him, ‘You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that I am to blame/it is my fault for not bringing him back to you.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:33:

• Kankanaey: “Therefore if possible sir, I will be the one to take-the-place of my younger-sibling to-be-enslaved to you (sing.) so that he will have a way to go-home-with the rest of his siblings.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “So here is my request — Keep me as your servant in place of him, and send him back along with his brothers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So, sir, I only (will-be) the-(one-who) will-remain here as your (sing.) slave in exchange/instead of him, and allow him to-go-home with his siblings/(brothers).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘o, please let me remain here as your slave instead of my youngest brother, and let the boy return home with his other older brothers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:34:

• Kankanaey: “Because it is emphatically not possible for me to return to my father if there-is-no young-sibling of mine whom I am accompanying. Neither am I able-to-endure to see his extreme sorrow.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “How can I go before my father without bringing him along? How [can] I see the pain that will happen to my father?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will- not -go-home without him. I can- not -bear to-see the bad-(thing) that will-happen to our (excl.) father.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I cannot return to my father if the boy is not with me!/How can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I do not want to see how miserable/sad my father would become!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:1:

• Kankanaey: “Upon Jose’s hearing that, he was not able-to-control his feelings in front of his slaves, so he commanded them that they all leave. So it was that Jose and his siblings were alone when-he-made- himself -known to them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “When Joseph was no longer able to control his heart, he expelled all the workers from there. When only his elder brothers remained, he told his elder brothers who he was.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose could- no-longer -control himself, so he had- his servants -go-out. And when the other people with Jose were no-longer (there), he made- (himself) -to-be-recognized/known by his siblings/(brothers).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Joseph was not able to control his feelings any longer. He did not want to cry in front of his servants, so he said to them loudly, ‘All of you go outside!’ After they went outside, there was no one else there with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:2:

• Kankanaey: “Then Jose wept-loudly and the ones-from-Egipto that were in the house heard-it, and then they reported it in the house of the king.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then he wept with loud cries. The Egyptians staying there also heard him weeping, and the house of Pharaoh also learned of this matter.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose cried intensely, so the [plural] Egiptohanon heard this, and it (was) heard in the palace of the king.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He cried so loudly that the people of Egypt who were outside heard it, and even the people in the king’s palace heard it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)