Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:1:

• Kankanaey: “Abraham was already old, and God had-been-blessing him in all he had-been-doing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Abraham had become a very old man. In all the work he had done the LORD had blessed him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Abraham was now very exceedingly old and the LORD had-blessed him in all the things.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Abraham was now a very old man. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in many ways.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:33:

• Kankanaey: “Then he set-before (them) what they would eat. Whereupon Abraham’s slave said, ‘In-a-little-while please. I will not eat until I tell my purpose in coming here.’ ‘All-right, tell (it),’ said Laban. So then he related to them all that his master Abraham had instructed him and the way God had led him on the right path. He also related the sign that he had requested from God upon his arrival at the spring so that he-would-thereby-know who it was whom God had chosen for- Isaac -to-marry. When it was finished that he related-it, he asked them if they would give-permission that Rebeka go-with him. (24:34-49)” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “After that food was brought for them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When the food was- already -set before them, the servant said, ‘I will- not -eat if I can- not -tell first my purpose in coming here.’ Laban replied, ‘Okay, tell us (excl.).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They set food in front of him for him to eat, but he said, ‘I will not eat until I tell you what I need to tell you/why I have come.’ So Laban said, ‘Tell us!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:4:

• Kankanaey: “I will cause-to-be-many your (sing.) descendants like the manyness of the stars in the sky and I will give to them all this land. The collective-people in all the nations will also be blessed because of those you (sing.) have-as-descendants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Giving you many descendants like the stars in the heavens, I will give all this land to them. It will turn out that all who live in the world will take blessing from your descendants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-increase/make-many your descendants as numerous as the stars in heaven, and I will-give to them all this land. And through them, I will-bless all the people-groups of the world.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of all nations on the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:18:

• Kankanaey: “When Jacob then arrived-with-it at the location of his father, he said, ‘Here-I-am father.’ ‘Who really are you (sing.) my child?’ said his father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then Jacob went to his father and said — ‘Father, I have come.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob brought that to his father and said, ‘Father!’ Isaac said, ‘Which/[Who linker] child of mine are you?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob took it to his father and said, ‘My father!’ Isaac replied, ‘I’m here; which of my sons are you?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:22:

• Kankanaey: “So then Laban invited all his townmates so-that they (= Laban and family) would give-a-feast for the wedding of his child.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Laban invited all the people living there to a feast.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Laban agreed, so he prepared a feast and he invited all the people in that place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So Laban gathered together all the people who lived in that area and made a feast.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:26:

• Kankanaey: “Then he said, ‘Please release-me, because it’s already getting-light.’ But Jacob said, ‘I-refuse, I will not release you (sing.) until you (sing.) bless me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “That man said — ‘It is about to become morning, let me go now.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the person said, ‘Let- me -go now for (it) is- now/already -dawning.’ But Jacob replied, ‘I will- not -let- you -go if you (sing.) will- not -bless me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then the man said, ‘Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.’ Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with. So he replied, ‘No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:22:

• Kankanaey: “How-about if we only drop him in this well in this place with no inhabitants, because it would be bad if we injured-him.’ That’s what he said, because it was his intention to go withdraw Jose from the well in order to send-him-home to his father.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Don’t talk about shedding blood. Rather, we will drop him into a well that has no water here in the wilderness, and leave him [there]. Do not lift a hand at all.’ Rueben, by saving him from their hands had thought to bring him to his father later on.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (pl.)] just throw him into the well here in the/a desolate-place, but [you (pl.)] do- not ever -kill him.’ Reuben said that because (it was) now his plan to-save Jose and return (him) to their father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him.’ He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:19:

• Kankanaey: “When Tamar went-home, she removed what she-had-used-to-cover/conceal her face and she again used the clothing of a widow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Coming back into the house, Tamar again put on the clothes of a widow.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Juda asked, ‘What is the guarantee (that) you (sing.) want?’ Tamar replied, ‘Give to me your what-is-used-as-a-mark and its what-is-tied-to, as-well-as your (sing.) staff/walking-stick.’ So Juda gave them and he had-sex-together with Tamar. After that Tamar went-home, and she took the cover from her face and (she) put-on again the garment for widows. Later she became-pregnant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “After she left, she took off the veil and put her widow’s clothes on again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)