Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:64:
- Kankanaey: “When Rebeka also saw Isaac, she-abruptly-got-down from the camel” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Seeing Isaac, Rebekah got down from [her] camel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When Rebeka saw Isaac, she got-down from her camel” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got off the camel,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:10:
- Kankanaey: “Abimelek said, ‘How-come you (sing.) have done this? It would have been easy for one of my people to sleep-with your (sing.) spouse and you (sing.) (immediacy) would have been the cause of our (excl.) sinning.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Abimelech said — ‘What is this you have done to us? If it happened that someone did an evil deed to your wife you would have made all of us guilty, wouldn’t you?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Abimelec said, ‘What- you -have-done to us is not good. What if it-happened that one of my men had-slept with her, you would-have-been the-reason for our (excl.) sinning.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Abimelech said, ‘You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this? One of our people might have had sex with/slept with your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:24:
- Kankanaey: “but he said again to ask-for-clarification, ‘Are you (sing.) Esau truly?’ ‘Yes indeed,’ said Jacob.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘Are you really Esau?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “he still asked, ‘Are you really truly Esau?’ Jacob replied, ‘Yes, I really am.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But first Isaac asked, ‘Are you really my son Esau?’ Jacob replied, ‘Yes, I am.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:28:
- Kankanaey: “Jacob agreed-to (lit. yessed) that-aforementioned which Laban said, and when that week-long-period was finished, Laban gave his child Raquel to him so-that he would-marry (her).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “He did just that. Seven days later Laban gave his daughter Rachel in marriage to Jacob.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jacob agreed to what- Laban -said. After one week of celebration of his/[lit. their] marriage to Lea, Laban had- Raquel -marry him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So that is what Jacob did. After the week of celebration was ended, Laban gave him his daughter, Rachel, to be his wife.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:32:
- Kankanaey: “That is the reason that when the Israelita butcher something, they don’t use-for-meat-viand the muscle of the hip until today (doesn’t imply that they now eat it), because that muscle is what Jacob’s wrestling-partner hit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because of the injury incurred on Jacob’s buttocks, the people of Israel, even till now, do not eat the flesh of the buttocks of any animal.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is the reason why until now the Israelinhon do- not -eat the tendon at the joint of the bone in the hip. For there (in) that part God squeezed Jacob.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The muscle on his hip joint had been injured. So to this present time, because of what happened to Jacob, the Israeli people do not eat the muscle/tendon that is attached to the socket of the hips of animals.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:28:
- Kankanaey: “The siblings of Juda agreed-to that-aforementioned which he said. When those sellers arrived, they drew-out (same word as to unsheath a bolo) Jose from the well and they sold-him to them for twenty silvers and they took-him-along to Egipto.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “So when the merchants going down that road arrived, they lifted Joseph from the well. Then he was sold into their hands for 20 pieces of silver. Then they took him away to Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So when- the merchants who (were) Ishmaelinhon, which their tribe (was)Midianhon -passed-by, they pulled- Jose -up from the well and they sold him for a price which (was) 20 silver (pieces). And Jose was-brought by the Ishmaelinhon to Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph to Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:25:
- Kankanaey: “When they brought-out Tamar, there was that-which-she-caused-to-be-told to her parent-in-law saying, ‘The owner of this ring, belt and cane, that is the father of this fetus of mine. Identify please who is the owner of these.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When she had been found and was being brought, Tamar sent word to her father-in-law like this — ‘The one of whom these are is the one by whom I am pregnant. Do you know of whom this symbol, this string and this stick are?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But when- Tamar was- now -being-brought, there-was someone she sent/[lit. commanded] to Juda to say, ‘Here (is) the what-is-used-as-a-mark and its what-is-tied-to, as-well-as the staff/walking-stick. The owner of these is the father of my being-pregnant-with. Recognize whose this (is)/[lit. for whom this].'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But as they were taking her outside of the city, she gave the ring and walking stick to someone, and told him to take them to Judah, and say to him, ‘The man who owns these things is the one who caused me to become pregnant.’ She also said to tell him, ‘Look at this ring, and the cord that is attached to it, and this walking stick. Whose are they?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 40:5:
- Kankanaey: “there-was a night when the two of them dreamed, and they knew that there-was-(something) that what they dreamed meant (lit. wanted) to say.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “both of them also had dreams, which had various meanings.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “One night (during)-that-(time), the one-who-serves the drink and the one-who-cooks/(bakes) bread had-a-dream while they were there in prison. Each one of them had a different dream and the meaning of their dreams (were) also different.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One night while the king’s drink-server and his baker were there in the prison, each of them had a dream. Each dream had a different meaning.” (Source: Translation for Translators)