Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:38:
- Newari: “When the sheep and female goats came to drink water, he would put them in the trough of drinking water where they would be seen. For he knew that cattle would come there to mate.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He then placed those branches in-front-of the watering-trough of the animals so-that the animals could-see (the branches) when they (came-to-)drink. There in-front-of those branches the goats would-mate when they drank. When they gave-birth, their young (were) spotted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.” (Source: Translation for Translators)