Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:13:

• Kankanaey: “and his possessions were unfailingly added to (lit. added-to added-to) until he became-extremely-wealthy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Isaac’s field work prospered more and more. And in this way he became very rich.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “His prosperity continued until he became- very -wealthy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kankanaey: “When Jacob then approached to kiss him, his father smelled his clothes and he blessed him saying, ‘You (sing.) are admittedly fragrant my child, because your (sing.) fragrance, it is like the fragrance of the forest that God has blessed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “When Jacob kissed him, Isaac recognized the fragrance of his clothes, and said — ‘My son’s fragrance is like the fragrance of the earth that the LORD has blessed.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob went-near to him and kissed (him). When Isaac smelled his clothes, he then blessed Jacob saying, ‘This smell of my child is like the smell of the field that the LORD has-blessed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So Jacob came close to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau’s clothes. So he said, ‘Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:31:

• Kankanaey: “When that was so, they killed a goat and they dipped Jose’s long garment in its blood.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They killed a ram and soaked Joseph’s wide upper garment in its blood.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They killed a goat and they dipped the garment of Jose in blood.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:28:

• Kankanaey: “As she was having-hardship/pain, the one baby caused-to-come-out his hand/arm and the midwife (one-who-caused-to-be-born) grasped that hand/arm, then she tied-it with a red thread. She said, ‘This is the one-who went-ahead.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “At the time of childbirth, when birthpains occurred, one of them put out a hand. The midwife, tying a red thread on his hand, said — ‘This is the first-born.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When she was- now -in-labor/[lit. was-hurting], the hand of the one child came-out. The midwife tied it with a red cord/string so-that it would-be-known that he was the first who-was-born.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand. So the midwife fastened a scarlet thread around his wrist, saying, ‘This one came out first.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 40:8:

• Kankanaey: “‘Yes indeed, because we (excl.) two dreamed last night, and absolutely no one is-able-to-interpret what our (excl.) dreams mean (lit. want) to say,’ they said. ‘God only is the one who gives skill/wisdom to interpret dreams. Please tell me those-aforementioned that you have dreamed,’ said Jose.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They said — ‘The two of us have both had dreams. But there is no one here to tell us their meaning.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They replied, ‘We had-a-dream but there is no one to explain the meaning.’ Jose said, ‘God is the one who gives wisdom to explain the meaning of the dreams. Please tell me what are your (pl.) dreams.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “One of them answered, ‘We both had dreams last night, but there is no one who can tell us the meaning of the dreams.’ Joseph said to them, ‘God is the only one who can tell the meaning of dreams. So tell me what you dreamed, and God will tell me the meaning.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:17:

• Kankanaey: “Then the king said, ‘My dreams then, I was reportedly standing on the edge of the river Nile,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Pharaoh said to Joseph — ‘In the dream I saw that I was standing on the bank of the Nile river.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the king told his dreams to Jose. He said, ‘I dreamed that I was-standing at the banks of the Nile River.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The king said to Joseph, ‘In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile River.” (Source: Translation for Translators)