Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:12:

• Kankanaey: “But as for you (sing.), you (sing.) promised that you (sing.) will make-good my life and also cause-to-become-many my descendants so-that (they will be) like the manyness of the sand at the edge of the ocean.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “You have said to me, ‘I will certainly do good to you. And I will make your descendants numerous so that, like the sand, it will not be possible to count them.”” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But you (sing.) promised me that you (sing.) would-bless me and you (sing.) would-cause- my descendants -to-become-many like the sand on the seashore that can- not -be-counted.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But do not forget that you have said, ‘I will certainly enable you to prosper, and I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, which are so many that no one can count them.”” (Source: Translation for Translators)