Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:3:

• Kankanaey: “Stay in this land and I-will-be-present companioning you (sing.) and I will bless you (sing.). I will give all this land to you (sing.) and to your (sing.) descendants so-that I will fulfill my promise to your (sing.) father Abraham.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Stay right there. I will be with you and I will bless you. For I promised your father Abraham to give this land to you and your descendants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You just stay here for-a-while for I will-go-with you and bless. I will-give to you and to your descendants all this land. I will-fulfill what- I -have-promised to your father Abraham.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:17:

• Kankanaey: “Then she gave to him the delicious meat-viand and other food that she had cooked so-that he would take-it to his father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then she put her tastily prepared meat and bread into the hands of Jacob.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then she gave to Jacob the food and the bread which she had-cooked.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:21:

• Kankanaey: “Afterwards then Jacob said to Laban, ‘Give me your (sing.) child so-that I will take- her -into-my-home-as-wife, because the years that we (dual) agreed on are finished.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then he said to Laban — ‘My time is finished. Now give me your daughter.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “After the seven years, Jacob said to Laban, ‘My service to you (sing.) is- now -finished, so give Raquel to me now so-that we (excl.) will- now -be-together-(as-husband-and-wife).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “After the seven years were ended, Jacob said to Laban, ‘Let me marry Rachel now, because the time we agreed upon for me to work for you is ended, and I want to marry her.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:32:

• Kankanaey: “Then they had-it-taken to their father and they caused-it-to-be-told (to him) saying, ‘We (excl.) found this long garment. Examine-it please (to see) whether this is the garment of your (sing.) child.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then they took that wide upper garment to their father and said — ‘We found this. Is this of your son or not?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then they brought the garment of Jose to their father and said, ‘We (excl.) found this. See if (it) belongs to Jose or not.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, ‘We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:29:

• Kankanaey: “But the baby withdrew his hand/arm and his twin-companion went-ahead. And-so the midwife said amazed, ‘Why is it you (sing.) now who went-ahead?’ And-so she named-him Perez.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “That hand quickly went [back] in. Then the other one was born first. The midwife said — ‘How did you get born first?’ So he was named Perez.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But the child brought-back-inside/[lit. caused-to-go-inside] his hand and his twin was-the-one who came-out first. The midwife said, ‘You (sing.) really tried-hard to-come-out.’ So the child was-named Perez.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But he pulled his hand back inside the womb, and his brother came out first. So she said, ‘So this is how you break your way out first!’ So she named him Perez, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘breaking out.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 40:9:

• Kankanaey: “The one-who-served-drinks went-ahead to relate and he said, ‘This is what I dreamed. There was reportedly (kano ‘reportedly’, signalling 2nd-hand information, is normally used in relating dreams) a grape vine in front of me” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The chief cupbearer [lit.: new wine vessel holder] told Joseph an account of his dream like this — ‘In my dream I saw a grapevine plant before me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So the head of the ones-who-serve drink told his dream. He said, ‘I dreamed that there-was a vine/[lit. main-stem] of grape in front of me” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So the king’s chief drink-server told his dream to Joseph. He said, ‘In my dream I saw a grapevine in front of me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:18:

• Kankanaey: “and I saw seven cows that were fat and good-looking which came-out from the water, and they began to graze on the edge of the river.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then seven good looking fat cows came out of the river and went to eat bamboo greens [lit.: the grass of bamboo reeds].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Suddenly seven beautiful and fat cows came-up, and they then/immediately ate the grass.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.” (Source: Translation for Translators)