Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:16:
- Kankanaey: “That being-finished, Mahalalel lived still for 830 years and he also had other children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that he lived another 830 years. Other sons and daughters were also born to him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After Jared was-born, Mahalalel lived 830 more years and his children increased-in-number even more.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “After Jared was born, Mahalalel lived 830 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 6:16:
- Kankanaey: “Make it with three stories (lit. grades) and roof it and leave-a-space of 18 inches. Also make a doorway in its wall.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Make a roof, leaving about one cubit of the ship for light to come. Build the ship, making three stories. Then make a door on one side.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Put-a-roof-on the ship, and put a distance that is one and a half feet [between] the wall and the roof. Make the ship to-have three stories. Put also a door on the side.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Make a roof for the boat. Leave a space of about 18 in./.5 meter between the sides and the roof to let air and light enter (OR, the middle of the roof should be 18 inches higher than the sides). Build the boat with three decks inside, and put a door in one side.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:2:
- Kankanaey: “God also blocked-the-flow-of the place(s)-where- the water -was-coming-out from inside the earth and he also caused- the rain -to-stop. And then the water began to recede.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After forty days of rain, the currents of water that were under the earth and the opening in the heavens were closed. And the rain stopped coming.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He covered the springs/sources-of-water and caused- the rain -to-stop.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “God caused the water that was under the earth to stop bursting forth, and he caused the floodgates of water from the sky to close so that it stopped raining.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 9:12:
- Kankanaey: “‘Your means-of-knowing that what I promised to you and to all creatures also will remain-unchanging forever,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “God said — ‘As a sign of the covenant that I make forever with you and all living beings,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And as a sign of my covenant with you (pl.) and with the animals, and with all your generations to come, I will-put my rainbow in the white-clouds.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then God said to him, ‘This is the sign to guarantee that I will keep the promise that I am making to you and to all living creatures, a promise that I will keep forever:” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 11:32:
- Kankanaey: “And that is the town where- Tera -died when he was 205 years old (lit. yeared 205).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “But when Terah was 205 years old, he died there [lit.: no longer existed].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There Tera died at the age of 205.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 13:13:
- Kankanaey: “They went and inhabited-with the people there in the plain, and they set-up the tents in-which- they -camped close to Sodoma which was a town of evil people who had many sins against God. Plural Abram however, they stayed in the territory of Canaan.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “The people of Sodom were very wicked and were ones who kept on sinning in rebellion against the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The people in Sodom were extremely wicked. Their committing-sin was very much against the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You need to know that people who lived there were extremely wicked.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:13:
- Kankanaey: “Then after-that God said to him, ‘Your (sing.) descendants will most certainly (prophetic formula) be-strangers in the country of different people so-that they will-be-enslaved to them and will-be-hardshipped until four hundred years go (by).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “And the LORD said to Abram — ‘Understand this — your descendants will have to live in a land as outsiders, and will have to live there 400 years being oppressed as male and female slaves.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD said to him, ‘Surely [intensifier] that your (sing.) descendants will-become strangers in another nation. They will-become slaves there and mistreated for [lit. inside of] 400 years.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then God said to Abram, ‘I want you to know that your descendants will become foreigners living in a land that does not belong to them. They will become slaves of the owners of that land. The owners of the land will mistreat them for 400 years.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:13:
- Kankanaey: “Be-sure to circumcise all of them, because that is the sign by-which- you -will-show that you are counted/considered in the unchanging agreement-that- I -presented.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “All must have the sign put in the body. In this way my covenant will forever be in your body.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “From now on until generations to come, you (pl.) will-circumcise every male child at the age of eight days. You also circumcise the male slaves who were-born in your household and including the slaves you have bought from those from-other places. That sign in your body will-prove that my agreement with you will-continue forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “It does not matter whether their parents are members of your household or slaves that have been bought; they must all be circumcised. Your bodies will have this mark to show you have accepted this everlasting agreement I am making.” (Source: Translation for Translators)