Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 2:16:
- Kankanaey: “He instructed him saying, ‘You (sing.) may eat from all the fruit of the trees that are here” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD God said to him — ‘It is certainly all right to eat the fruit of all the trees of the garden.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And he told him, ‘You can-eat the fruit of any tree in the garden,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But Yahweh said to him, ‘You must not eat the fruit of the tree that will enable you to know what actions are good to do and what actions are evil to do. If you eat any fruit from that tree, on that day your relationship with me will end. But I will permit you to eat the fruit of any of the other trees in the park/garden.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)