Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:4:

• Newari: “Like water, you do not stand firm, you will not continue to be first, for you slept in your father’s bed, and disgraced my bed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But you (sing.) (are) like boiling water, for you (sing.) can- not -control your (sing.) lust/passion. And because you (sing.) had-sex with my servant wife, your (sing.) having-honor will-be-lost/disappear.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But you were as uncontrollable as a flood. So now you will not be my most important son, because you climbed up onto my bed, and had sex with my concubine/slave who had become one of my wives. Your doing that caused me, your father, to have great shame.” (Source: Translation for Translators)