complete verse (Genesis 4:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:6:

  • Kankanaey: “Since Jose was governor of the country, and he just the same was the one who was selling food to those-who-came-from other collective-countries, they went and knelt face-down to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “At that time Joseph was head over the land of Egypt and since he was selling grain, his elder brothers bowed down, falling prostrate on the ground.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “As governor of Egipto, (it was) the responsibility of Jose to-sell food to the whole/entire land. So when his siblings/(brothers) arrived, they knelt-down to Jose as respecting him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 4:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 4:26:

  • Kankanaey: “When Set got-married and there-then their child was-born (lit. came-out), he named-him Enos. That time, that is when- people -began to use the name of God in their worshipping him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “A son was also born to Seth. He named him Enosh. From that time people began taking the name of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Sometime later, Set had also a male child/(son) whom he named Enosh. At the time of Enosh, the people started to call-on the name of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)