Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:5:

• Kankanaey: “He named the light daytime and the darkness night. When the night then was finished and it became-light again, that was the first day.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “God named the light ‘day’ and the dark ‘night.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He called the light ‘day’ and he called the darkness ‘night.’ Evening came, and-then the morning. That was the first day.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He gave to the light the name ‘day’, and he gave to the darkness the name ‘night’. After that, there was an evening which was followed by a morning. He called that whole period of time ‘the first day’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)