Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 18:11:

• Kankanaey: “As for Abraham and Sara, now they were already old-man and old-woman, and Sara, she was already not able to give-birth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Abraham and Sarah were already very old people. Sarah’s time for bearing children had already passed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “(The two of them [(she and) Abraham] were now very old and in-fact the monthly-period of Sara had ceased already.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was far past the time of when she could bear children.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:10:

• Kankanaey: “But the two men on the inside, they abruptly-opened the doorway and abruptly-yanked Lot to bring-him-inside while-simultaneously they shut-the-door again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The two people who were staying inside reached out [lit.: sent hands out] and took Lot, pulling him inside. Then they shut the door.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “but this [door] was opened-up by the two angels who were there inside and they pulled Lot inside and shut the door.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But the two angels opened the door carefully, reached out their hands, and pulled Lot to them inside the house. Then they quickly shut the door.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 22:17:

• Kankanaey: “and I will make-many your (sing.) descendants so-that they will be like the manyness of the stars in the sky and the sand at the edge of the ocean. They will moreover defeat their enemies.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “I will cause you to have many descendants, like the stars in the heavens and like the sand on the sea shore. Defeating their enemies they will succeed in conquering their cities.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘This is what the LORD says: I swear by my-own self that I will- really -bless you because you (sing.) did- not -withhold your only child to me. I will-cause- your descendants -to-become-many as-if the-same amount of the stars in heaven and the sand at the seashore. They will-possess the cities of their enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:26:

• Kankanaey: “When the man heard what that young-lady said, he knelt to praise/worship God” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then he bowed his head and prayed to the LORD –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The servant then knelt-down and worshipped God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The servant bowed and worshiped Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 25:31:

• Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jacob said, ‘First turn-over to me your (sing.) authority/right as firstborn, then I will give- you (sing.) -some.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jacob said — ‘First give me your first [born] rights of the big son.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But Jacob replied, ‘I will-give you this if you will-give me your rights as older-one.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob said, ‘I will give you some if you sell me your birthright/the privileges you have because you are the firstborn son.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:11:

• Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jacob said, ‘Yes all-right, but Esau, he is hairy. As for me, my skin is smooth (lit. clean).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jacob said — ‘Esau’s whole body has hair. I, however, have no hair.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But Jacob said to his mother, ‘You know that Esau is hairy and I on-the-other-hand am not.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, ‘But my brother Esau’s skin has hair all over it, and my skin is not like that! My skin is smooth!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:15:

• Kankanaey: “Laban said to him, ‘I know admittedly that we (dual) are-a-unit-of-uncle-and-nephew, but I will salary you (sing.) anyway. Tell (me) then what you (sing.) want as your (sing.) salary.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Laban said to him — ‘Even though we are relatives, should you work for me for nothing? Say how much you want for wages.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Laban said to him, ‘(It is) not good that you (sing.) work for me without wages because you (sing.) are my nephew. Tell me what you (sing.) want me to pay-as-a-wage to you.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Laban said to him ‘You should not work for me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine!/Why should you work for me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine? Tell me how much you want me to pay you.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)