Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:4:
- Kankanaey: “Because when seven days go (by), I will send rain, and it will continue-without-letup to rain-hard for forty days and nights until all that I created on this surface of the earth will drown.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Seven days from now I will cause rain to come on the earth. This rain will come for 40 days and 40 nights. I will annihilate everything that lives on the earth that I made.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For after seven days from now, I will-cause- (it) -to-rain the whole earth for [lit. inside of] 40 days and 40 nights, so-that all that I made will-die.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Do this because seven days from now I will cause rain to fall on the earth. It will rain constantly for 40 days and nights. By doing that, I will destroy everything that I have made that is on the earth.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:12:
- Kankanaey: “When another seven days had gone, he again released the dove, but it did not return.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Again he waited another seven days. And again [he] sent the dove flying. This time, however, the dove did not return.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Again Noe let-pass another seven days and he again released the dove, but it did- not -come-back anymore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 9:22:
- Kankanaey: “When Ham who was father of Canaan saw that their father was naked, he abruptly-went-out and went and told his siblings.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Ham the father of Canaan, seeing [his] father naked, went out and told his elder brothers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, Ham the father of Canaan went-into the tent, and he saw that his father was naked. So he went-out and told his two siblings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father lying naked in the tent. So he went outside and told his two older brothers what he had seen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:10:
- Kankanaey: “When famine arrived in Canaan, they continued to head-southward to go to Egipto so-that they would stay there for a slightly-long-time, because the famine in Canaan had- already -gotten-worse.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “At that time, because a severe famine took place, Abram went for some time to stay in the land of Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But there was a severe famine in Canaan, so Abram went-straight to Egipto in-order-to stay there for-a-while.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “There was a famine/very little food to eat in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 14:15:
- Kankanaey: “Then Abram divided-in-two his people and they entered where plural Kedorlaomer were during the night and they defeated them. They pursued them as far as Hoba which was north of Damascus,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Abram put his people in groups and attacked at night from all sides, defeating them completely. Then he pursued [them] up to Hobah, which is north of Damascus.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “At night, Abram divided his men and they attacked their enemies, and they defeated them. The others who-were-able-to-flee they pursued (them) until Hoba, in the north of Damascus.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “During the night, Abram divided the men into several groups, and they attacked their enemies from various directions and defeated them. They pursued them as far as Hobah, which was north of Damascus city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 16:7:
- Kankanaey: “An angel of God came-upon her at the location of a spring in the place with no inhabitants (key term = desert/wilderness) on the path that goes to Shur.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “The angel of the LORD caught her at the spring [lit.: at the water source] in the wilderness on the road that goes towards Shur.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The angel of the LORD saw Hagar there at the spring at the/a desolate-place. This spring was near the road going-to Shur.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “An angel of Yahweh found her as she was near a spring of water in the desert. It was the spring that was alongside the road to Shur.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:23:
- Kankanaey: “And as for Abraham, he immediately obeyed what God had commanded to him. Because on that day, he circumcised Ismael and all his male slaves that were born in his house and all also that he had bought. On that very same day, Abraham also had-himself-circumcised, so they all were-at-the-same-time to be circumcised. Ninety and nine were the years of Abraham upon his being circumcised. Ismael also his child, he yeared ten and three.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “That day Abraham took his son Ishmael, all the servants who had been born in his house, as well as all the servants who had be bought and brought along, and all the men living in his house, and put the sign in [their] bodies like God had said.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “At that very day, Abraham obeyed what- God -had-commanded him. He circumcised his child Ishmael and all the males in his household: slaves who were-born in his household and slaves whom he had-bought.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “On that same day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the males that were in his household, including the sons of all the slaves he had bought, and circumcised them. He cut off their foreskins, just as God told him to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 18:28:
- Kankanaey: “But in-case there are forty and five righteous people, will you (sing.) still destroy the entire town because five only are lacking?’ ‘No,’ God said in reply. ‘I will not then destroy their town if there are forty and five people that I come-upon who have not joined in the sin(s) of others.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Suppose if there were only forty-five good people in Sodom, would you also destroy the city?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But if there-are only 45 righteous-ones, what, would- you still -destroy the whole city because it lacks five?’ The Lord answered, ‘If I can-find 45 righteous-(ones), I will- not -destroy the city.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But what will you do if there are only 45 righteous people? Will you destroy everyone in the whole city because there are only 45 and not 50 righteous people?’ Yahweh replied, ‘I will not destroy it if I find that there are 45 righteous people.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
