Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:17:
- Kankanaey: “Jose said then, ‘No absolutely not! Is that indeed what I would do? Only the one who took the cup will be my slave. As for the others by-contrast, nothing will happen to them. You can go-home to your father.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Joseph said — ‘From me, such things will not happen. The one with whom the cup was found, only he will become my servant. You all go back to your father’s place.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But Jose said, ‘I can- not -do that. He alone whom the cup was-found with-him will-become my slave. And you (pl.) can-go-home now to your (pl.) father without hindrance.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But Joseph replied, ‘No, I could never do anything like that. Only the man in whose sack the cup was found will become my slave. The rest of you can return to your father peacefully.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:18:
- Kankanaey: “Upon his hearing that, Juda approached Jose and said, ‘Oh sir, you (sing.) who are very-much-like the king, please permit that I tell what is in my mind. Please don’t be-getting-angry-at-me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Judah went before him and said — Lord, You are like the King. I will say something, don’t be angry with me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Juda came-near to Jose and said, ‘I am-pleading with you (sing.), sir, that if possible listen to me. Hopefully [you (sing.)] do- not -be-angry with me, you (sing.) who are now like a king of Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Judah came near to Joseph and said, ‘Sir, please let me say something to you. You are equal to the king himself, so you could command that I be executed; but do not be angry with me for speaking to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:19:
- Newari: “[My] Lord asked us like this — ‘Do you have a father and a younger brother?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) asked us (excl.) before if we (excl.) still have a father and sibling/(brother),” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You asked us, ‘Is your father still living, and do you have another brother?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:20:
- Newari: “We gave answer like this — ‘Our father is an old man. And after he had become an old man, our youngest brother was born. His older brother has already died. And he is the only one left from his mother. His father loves him very much.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “and we (excl.) answered you (sing.) that we (excl.) have a father who is now old and there is a youngest sibling/(brother) born in his old-age. We (excl.) also said that his sibling/(brother) (is) now dead and he (is) the only one left of the children of his mother, and he (is) very beloved of our father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “We answered, ‘Our father is alive, but he is an old man. He has a young son who was born after our father became an old man. That son had an older brother, who is now dead. So the youngest son is the only one of his mother’s sons who is still alive, and his father loves him very much.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:21:
- Newari: “And you said to us — And you said to us — ‘Bring him to me, I want to [lit.: will] see him.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then you (sing.) said to us (excl.) that we (excl.) were-to-bring him to you (sing.) so-that you (sing.) could-see him too.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then you said to us, ‘The next time you come here, bring your younger brother down to me, so that I can see him.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:22:
- Newari: “We said to you — ‘He cannot leave his father. If he did like that his father would die.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) said to you (sing.) that (it is) not possible for our (excl.) youngest-one to-leave our (excl.) father, for it might- still -be the cause-of- his -death.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “We said to you, ‘No, we cannot do that, because the boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die from sorrow.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:23:
- Newari: “‘Until you bring your younger brother you will not see my face.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But you (sing.) said that we (excl.) should- not -show (ourselves) to you (pl.) if our (excl.) youngest-one is not with us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother does not come back with you, I will not let you see me again!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:24:
- Newari: “We went to our father and told him what you said.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “All of this we (excl.) told our (excl.) father when we (excl.) went-home.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When we returned to our father, we told him what you said.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
