Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:7:

• Kankanaey: “Therefore God has done what is amazing. He caused- me -to-go-ahead of you so that you would have a way to escape/survive this famine so that you and your descendants will continue to live on this earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “God sent me here ahead of you to keep you and your offspring alive in this way.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But God sent- me -ahead here so-that I could-save you (pl.) and preserve the many of you (pl.) here on earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But God sent me here ahead of you, to keep you from starving, and to make sure that your descendants will survive.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:8:

• Kankanaey: “It is emphatically not you who sent me here but rather God. He also caused- me -to-become the highest official of the king so that I would be the one to rule-over the other officials and this entire country.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “So it was not you who sent me here, it was God. He has made me a great person in Pharaoh’s palace, and the head of the land of Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So, you (pl.) (were) not the-(one-who) sent me here but rather God. He made me an adviser to the king of Egipto and ruler of his household, and ruler of the entire Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Therefore, it was not you who sent me here; it was God who sent me here! He has caused me to become like a father to the king. I am in charge of everything in his palace and the governor of everyone in Egypt!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:9:

• Kankanaey: “‘Hurry therefore to return to our father so that you will tell him that this is what Jose his child says: ‘God has-made- me one who rules-over the entire country in Egipto, therefore come (pl.) immediately,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Now, go quickly to my father and say that his son Joseph has spoken like this — ‘God has made me head of the land of Egypt. Come to me quickly, without delaying for a moment.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, [you (pl.)] hurry back to my father and you (pl.) tell him that his child Jose was-made by God a ruler of the entire Egipto. And you (pl.) are-to-tell him that I am-having- him -come here to me most hurriedly.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Now return to my father quickly, and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: ‘God has caused me to become the governor over the whole land of Egypt. Come down to me immediately!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:10:

• Kankanaey: “you and your (sing.) children and your (sing.) grandchildren, along with your sheep, goats, cows and other possessions. You (pl.) can stay in the region of Gosen which is near to my location” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Together with your children and grandchildren bring all [your] cattle and goods, and live close to me in Goshen.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You tell him also-that he can stay in the land of Goshen with his children and grandchildren, animals, and all his possessions, so-that he is-near to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You can live in the Goshen region. You and your children and your grandchildren, your sheep and goats and cattle, and everything that you own, will be near me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:11:

• Kankanaey: “so that I have a way to take-care-of you. Because there will still be five years of famine, and I don’t-want you and your families and your livestock to be-lacking.’ ‘” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “If you live there I will be able to care for you. For there are also five years of famine still remaining. Otherwise you will have no guardian” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-take-good-care of him there in Goshen because there are still five years of famine that will-come. I do- not -want that he and his household as-well-as his animals to become-hungry.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Since there will be five more years of famine, I will make sure that you have food. If you do not come here, you and your family and all of your servants will starve.”” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:12:

• Kankanaey: “Then he went on to say, ‘Today/Now you all including Benjamin, you recognize that it is certainly I who am Jose.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Now all of you, and Benjamin as well, know that I am Joseph.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose continued to say, ‘Now (it is) not hidden to you (pl.), and also to my sibling/(brother) Benjamin, that I (am) truly Jose the-(one-who) speaks to you (pl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Look closely, and all of you can see, including my brother Benjamin, that it is really I, Joseph, who am speaking to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:13:

• Kankanaey: “Go then and tell our father of my status (lit. personhood) here in Egipto and of all that you have seen. Then hurry to accompany-him here.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Tell my father all that you have seen here and that I have become a great person in Egypt. Then bring him here quickly.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (pl.) tell my father about the honor that I have-come-to-possess here in Egipto and all that you (pl.) saw about me. And you (pl.) bring him here to me quickly.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Go and tell my father about how greatly I am honored here in Egypt. And tell him about everything else that you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:14:

• Kankanaey: “When Jose said that, he-abruptly-hugged Benjamin and cried while also Benjamin cried in hugging him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Speaking like this he embraced his younger brother Benjamin and wept. Benjamin also embraced him and wept.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Jose embraced his sibling/(brother) Benjamin and wept; also Benjamin too, he also was weeping while embracing Jose.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then he threw his arms around his younger brother Benjamin’s neck and cried. And Benjamin hugged him and cried.” (Source: Translation for Translators)