Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:20:
- Kankanaey: “After-that then he swore to God saying, ‘You (sing.) who are God, if you (sing.) accompany-me and look-after-me in this walking/pathway of mine, and if you (sing.) give-me the food and clothes that I need,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then Jacob made a promise, speaking like this — ‘If it is true that God is with me, and if it is true that [He] will protect me wherever I go, feed, give to drink, and clothe [me],” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jacob then swore saying, ‘O God, if you will-be-with me and watch-over-(me) on this journey of mine and give-(to me) food and clothes,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Jacob solemnly promised God, saying, ‘God, if you will help me and protect me while I am taking this journey, and if you give me enough food to eat and clothes to wear,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:21:
- Kankanaey: “and if I return OK/safe to the house of my father, I promise that you (sing.) only Yahweh will be my God.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “if I am able to go back to my father’s place again without anything happening [to me], the LORD will be my God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “and if I can-return to the house of my father wherewith/[linker] there (has-been)- no -harm/bad that has-happened to me, I will-acknowledge you, LORD, [linker] my God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “in order that I can later return safely to my father’s house, then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:22:
- Kankanaey: “This rock moreover that I have placed-upright here, that will be a place-where- people -worship you (sing.). Everything also that you (sing.) give me, I will return a tenth of it to you (sing.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “And this rock which I have set up [lit.: caused to stand] will be God’s house. And [I] will offer to him one part in ten parts from whatever he gives [me].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This stone that I have-erected as a remembrance will-testify to your (sing.) presence in this place. And I will-give you the tenth of all that you will-give to me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This stone that I have set up will mark the place where people can worship you. And I will give back to you a tenth of everything that you give to me.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:1:
- Newari: “Jacob went, following his own way. He arrived in a land of the east.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jacob continued on his journey until he reached the land of those-who-came-from-the-east.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Jacob continued on the road, and he arrived at the land that was east of Canaan.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:2:
- Newari: “There, in one place, he saw a well. There were three flocks of sheep were staying right near the well. It turned out that those sheep were to be given water to drink from that same well. The mouth of the well had been blocked by one large round rock.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There he saw in the field a well where beside it were three flocks of sheep lying-down-with-legs-bent-underneath, for there the people were-getting water to-have- the sheep -drink. This well was-covered by a big stone.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “There he was surprised to see a well in a field, and three flocks of sheep were lying near the well. It was the well from which shepherds habitually got water for their sheep. There was a large stone covering the top of the well.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:3:
- Newari: “As it turned out, the shepherds would remove the rock from the mouth of the well, give [the sheep] water to drink, and then close the mouth of the well again with that rock.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The ones-who-watch-over-the-sheep were-waiting first until all the sheep were-gathered before they rolled the stone cover. After they gave-a-drink to the sheep, they put- the stone -back-in-its-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would work together to roll the stone away from the top of the well and get water for the sheep. When they finished doing that, they would put the stone back in its place over the top of the well.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:4:
- Newari: “Jacob asked the shepherds — ‘Friends, where have you come from?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, Jacob asked the ones-who-watched the sheep, ‘Friends, where- are you (pl.) -from?’ They replied, ‘From-Haran.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “On that day, Jacob asked the shepherds who were sitting there, ‘Where are you from?’ They replied, ‘We are from Haran.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:5:
- Newari: “He said to them — ‘Do you know Laban, grandson of Nahor?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jacob asked again, ‘Are- you (pl.) -acquainted-with/Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?’ They replied, ‘Yes, we (excl.) are-acquainted-with/know (him).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He asked them, ‘Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?’ They replied, ‘Yes, we know him.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
