Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:8:
- Kankanaey: “I will also give to you (sing.) all this country at Canaan where-you-(sing.)-are-considered a foreigner today so-that that’s what your (sing.) descendants will inherit forever, and I just the same will be the God they worship.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You are only strangers now in the land of Canaan. But I will-give this whole land to you and to your descendants. That will-be yours (pl.) forever/[lit. until whenever], and I will-continue to be your (pl.) God.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will give to you and to your descendants the land through which you are now traveling, all of the Canaan region. It will be an everlasting possession for your descendants, and I will be the God that they will worship.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
