Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:18:

• Kankanaey: “When they saw- him approaching -from-a-distance, some (of them) agreed-together to kill-him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They saw him from a great distance. Then they laid plans to kill him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose was- still -far-away (when) his siblings saw him. And before/[lit. not yet] he arrived, they already planned to-kill him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:15:

• Kankanaey: “When Juda saw her, he wrongly-thought that she was a prostitute (Eng. loan hostess), because she had covered/wrapped her face.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Seeing her, Judah thought that she was a prostitute because her face was covered up.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When- Juda -saw Tamar, he did- not -recognize her as his child-in-law for her face had a covering. He thought (that) she (was) a woman who sells her body. So he came-near to her beside the road and said, ‘Hurry, let- us (incl.) -lay-together.’ Tamar replied, ‘What will- you (sing.) -pay me to lay-together with you (sing.)?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When Judah came along and saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had covered her head like prostitutes often did (OR, and sat where prostitutes often sat).” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 39:17:

• Kankanaey: “Then she also reported-negatively to him saying, ‘That Hebreo slave that you (sing.) brought here, he entered my room so-that he would rape (lit. force) me (unfulfilled expectation).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “As soon as [her] husband came in, she told him that same story — ‘That Hebrew servant that you brought came in here to disgrace me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “She then told her husband what-had-happened. She said, ‘The Hebrew servant whom you (sing.) brought here [he] wanted to-put- me -to-shame for he entered my room to rape meit*.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then she told him this story: ‘That Hebrew slave whom you brought here came into my room and tried to rape me!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 41:36:

• Kankanaey: “Because if you (sing.) do that, we will have a reserve (loan reserba) of food and no one will be go-hungry when the seven years of famine arrive,’ said Jose.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “This harvest can be collected to use in the seven-year famine which is about to take place in Egypt. By doing this it will not be the case that people will have nothing to eat even during time of famine.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “That food will-be-reserved for the people when the seven years of famine now arrives in Egipto, so-that they will- not -be-hungry.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “This grain should be stored so that it can be eaten during the seven years when there will be a famine here in Egypt, so that the people in this country will not die from hunger.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 42:11:

• Kankanaey: “We (excl.) are all siblings. What we (excl.) are telling is emphatically true, we (excl.) are not spies.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “We are all brothers. We have not come to do spying.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) are- all -siblings/(brothers) with just one father, and we (excl.) are telling the truth. We (excl.) (are) not spies.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 43:5:

• Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) refuse however, it’s-a-sure-thing that we (excl.) will not go, because the ruler said of-course that it was not possible that we (excl.) see him again if our (excl.) younger-sibling was-not-there.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “otherwise [we] will not go. For the head sent us off saying ‘Do not come to my place without bringing your younger brother.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But if not, we (excl.) will- not -go-back there, for the governor in-fact said that we (excl.) should- not -show-ourselves (excl.) to him if our sibling/(brother) is not with us (excl.).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But if you will not send him, we will not go down there, because that man said to us, ‘I will not let you see me again if your younger brother is not with you.”” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:3:

• Kankanaey: “When it was then light (i.e., next day), the slave saw- the siblings -off (lit. caused-to-set-out) early, and they all left, including their donkeys.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Early in the morning they were sent on their way with their donkeys.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Very early-in-the-morning the next day, the siblings/(brothers) were-sent-away with their donkeys.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The next morning at dawn the men started on the way home with their donkeys.” (Source: Translation for Translators)