Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 47:4:

• Kankanaey: “We (excl.) came here because the famine in Canaan is extreme and there was already no place-to-pasture our (excl.) animals. Please be-so-kind, sir, so-that you (sing.) will permit us (excl.) to stay in Gosen.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “There being a severe famine in the land of Canaan, and there being no place even to graze sheep, we have come here to stay. So allow us from the government to stay here in Goshen.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) came here in-order to-live here for-a-while for the hunger in Canaan (is) very severe/[double emphasis marker], and our (excl.) livestock/animals now have-nothing to-graze. We (excl.) ask-for-a-favor from you (sing.) that if possible you (sing.) allow us (excl.) to-live/dwell in Goshen.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They also said to him, ‘We have come here to live for a while in this land, because the famine is very severe in Canaan, and our animals have no pasture/grass to eat there. So now, please let us live in the Goshen region.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 47:5:

• Kankanaey: “Then the king said to Jose, ‘Today, your (sing.) father and your (sing.) siblings have come to you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then Pharaoh said to Joseph — ‘Your father and [your] brothers have come to you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The king said to Jose, ‘Now that your (sing.) father and siblings/(brothers) have- now -arrived,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The king said to Joseph, ‘I am happy that your father and your older brothers and younger brother have come to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 47:8:

• Kankanaey: “then the king said, ‘How-many are your (sing.) years?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He asked Jacob — ‘How old are you? [lit.: ‘How many years do you have?’]” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “the king asked him, ‘How old (are) you (sing.)?/[lit. How-many now your (sing.) age?]'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then the king asked Jacob, ‘How old are you?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 47:9:

• Kankanaey: “And Jacob said replying, ‘I have lived for 130 years merely wandering-around the earth. My life has-been-harder and shorter than my ancestors in the past.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jacob said — I have now moved about hither and thither for only a hundred and thirty years. Even though this lifetime of mine has not been all that long, [it] has been full of trouble.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He replied, ‘130 years-(old) now. My life here on earth (has been) short/brief and hard. This can- not -be-matched to the length of the lives of my ancestors.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob replied, ‘I have been traveling around for 130 years. I have not lived as long as my ancestors, but my life has been full of troubles.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 47:10:

• Kankanaey: “When that was so, Jacob blessed the king, then he left-(him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jacob blessed him once more, saying, ‘May God bless you.’ And after that he went.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Afterwards, Jacob blessed the king again, and then he went-out-from the presence of the king.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Jacob again asked God to bless the king, and left him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 47:11:

• Kankanaey: “And Jose gave his father and his siblings land of theirs in Rameses which was the best place in Egipto, because that’s what the king commanded.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Like Pharaoh said, Joseph settled [lit.: put] his father and brothers in the best and most beautiful place in all of Egypt, which was a place called Rameses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “According-to the command of the king, Jose had- his father and siblings/(brothers) -settle in Egipto; he gave them the place of Rameses, one of the best land(s) in Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “That is how Joseph enabled his father and older brothers and younger brother to start living in Egypt. As the king had commanded, he gave them property in the best part of the land, in Goshen, which is now called Rameses.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 47:12:

• Kankanaey: “He also gave them and all the members of his father’s family what they would eat according to their number (lit. manyness).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Joseph even brought food for his father, brothers, and everyone.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose provided his father and siblings/(brothers) and the entire household of his father with food, according-to the number of their children.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Joseph also provided food for all his father’s family. The amounts that he gave them were according to how many children each of them had.” (Source: Translation for Translators)