Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:7:
- Kankanaey: “And-so it was-accomplished/fulfilled, because he made what he named sky which is the separation-place of the water above from the water below. When the night was finished again and again it got-light, that was the second day.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “And He divided [lit.: caused to make] the water into two parts, an upper and a lower. It happened just like this.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And it happened/was-made. God made the division that separates the water above and the water below.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)