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)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:3:

• Kankanaey: “After that Jose said to his siblings, ‘I am Jose. Is my father still-(alive)?’ But they were not able-to-answer, because they were totally struck-speechless from their fear of him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Joseph said to his elder brothers — ‘I am Joseph, is my father still living?’ His brothers, however, being afraid, were not able to give him any answer.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose said to his siblings/(brothers), ‘I (am) Jose! (Is it) really true that father (is) still alive?’ But his siblings/(brothers) were- not -able-to-answer him for they were-astonished/stunned/[lit. not able to speak].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?’ But his brothers were not able to reply, because they were frightened because of what he said.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:4:

• Kankanaey: “So then, Jose said to them, ‘Please approach-me.’ When they then approached, he said, ‘I am your younger-sibling Jose whom you sold to those who brought me here to Egipto.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He said to his elder brothers — ‘Come close to me.’ After they had come close to him, he said — ‘I am your younger brother Joseph whom you sold and sent to the land of Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So Jose said, ‘[You (pl.)] come-near to me.’ When they had- now -come-near he said, ‘I (am) Jose your (pl.) sibling/(brother), the-(one) you (pl.) sold who was-brought hereto Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Come close to me!’ When they came closer, he said, ‘I am your brother Joseph! I am the one you sold to traders who brought me here to Egypt!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:5:

• Kankanaey: “But don’t you be-worried. Do not moreover blame yourselves (lit. your bodies), because it was God just the same who caused- me -to-go-ahead here so that there would be a way for starving/famined people to live.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Now do not feel grief about sending me here, seeing me, also do not be angry. God has sent me here to protect all the people here.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now [you (pl.)] do- not -be-distressed and do- not -hate yourselves that you (pl.) sold me here, because God sent- me -ahead here to-save your (pl.) lives.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But now, do not be distressed, and do not be angry with yourselves for having sold me to people who brought me here, because it was to save you from dying because of the famine that God sent me here ahead of you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:6:

• Kankanaey: “Because now is only the second year of famine, there will still be five years with nothing to be-harvested.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The famine has been in the land since two years ago, and no planting or harvesting will take place for another five years.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This is only/just the second year of famine, and there-are still five years to-follow without harvest.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “There has been a famine in this country for two years, and it will continue for five more years, so that no one will plow ground, and there will be no crops to harvest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)