Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:25:
- Newari: “Then our father said — ‘Go back again, buy a little grain and bring it.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Some time later our (excl.) father said that we (excl.) should-come-back here again and buy food.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Months later our father said, ‘Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:26:
- Newari: “We said to him — ‘We are not able to go. We will only go if our youngest brother is sent with us. For unless the younger brother is brought it was said that we would not be allowed to meet the head.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But we (excl.) said to him that we (excl.) could- only -go if our (excl.) youngest would-accompany us (excl.), because we (excl.) can- not possibly -show (ourselves) to you if our (excl.) youngest (is) not with us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But we said, ‘We cannot go back by ourselves. We will go only if our youngest brother is with us. We will not be able to see the man who sells grain if our youngest brother is not with us.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:27:
- Newari: “And our father said to us — ‘You certainly know that I had two sons from his mother.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is what he answered us (excl.), ‘You (pl.) indeed know that my children with my wife Raquel (are) only two.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Our father replied, ‘You know that my wife Rachel gave birth to two sons for me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:28:
- Newari: “The first one is no longer. He may have been torn to pieces. From the time that he left me, I have not yet seen him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The one (is) now no more; maybe he was-devoured by a fierce animal. And until now I have- not -seen him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One of them disappeared, and I said, ‘A wild animal has surely torn him to pieces.’ And I have not seen him since then.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:29:
- Newari: “Now, you are taking this one away as well. If anything happens I will die in pain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (pl.) will- still -take this one who remains with me, and if there-is-something (that) will-happen to him, I who (am) now old will- just -die in distress.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I am an old gray-haired man. If you take this other one from me, too, and something harms him, you would cause me to die because of my sorrow.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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)
