Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:11:

• Newari: “Leah said — ‘What a luck person I am.’ And she named him Gad.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Lea said, ‘How fortunate.’ So she named the child Gad.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Leah said, ‘I am truly fortunate!’ So she named him Gad, which means ‘fortunate’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:12:

• Newari: “Leah’s maid servant Zilpah again gave birth to another son by Jacob.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Zilpa gave-birth again to a son [linker] her/[lit. their] second child with/of Jacob.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:13:

• Newari: “Then Leah said — ‘How happy I am. Women will call me happy. So she named him Asher.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Lea said, ‘I am very happy! Now the women will-call me happy.’ So she named the child Asher.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Leah said, ‘Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.’ So she named him Asher, which means ‘happy.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:14:

• Newari: “One day during the time of wheat harvest, Reuben went to the field. He found mandrakes there and brought them to his mother, Leah. Rachel said to Leah –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “One time during harvest-season of wheat, Reuben went to the field and he saw a mandrake/[mandragora] plant. He picked some fruit and brought-(it) to his mother Lea. When Raquel saw those she said to Lea, ‘Give me also some mandragora which your son has-brought.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant. He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, ‘Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:15:

• Newari: “Leah said to her — ‘Isn’t it enough just taking my husband? Do [you] have to take my son’s mandrakes as well?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But Lea said, ‘Are you (sing.) not contented that you took my husband? And now you will- yet -take the mandragora of my child?’ Raquel said, ‘If you give me a mandragora I’ll have- Jacob -lay-together with you tonight.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Leah said to her, ‘No! It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband? Now are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, so that you can become pregnant!’ So Rachel said, ‘All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.’ So Leah agreed/gave her some.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:16:

• Newari: “That day at sundown, when he returned from the field, Leah went to him and said — ‘Today you have to sleep with me. I have hired [lit. borrowed] you with my son’s mandrake plant.’ So Jacob slept with her that day.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Jacob arrived from the field at twilight, Lea went-to-meet him and said, ‘You (sing.) must lay here with me tonight, because I have- already -paid Raquel for you with the mandragora which my son brought.’ So Jacob laid-together with Lea that night.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, ‘You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes that enable women to become pregnant, to pay her for allowing us to do that.’ So Jacob slept with her that night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:17:

• Newari: “God heard Leah’s prayer. And she gave birth to a fifth son.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “God answered the prayer of Lea and she became-pregnant. She gave-birth to a son her/[lit. their] fifth child with/of Jacob.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:18:

• Newari: “Leah said — ‘Because I handed over my maid servant to my husband, God has rewarded me.’ So she named him Issachar.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Lea said, ‘God has-rewarded me for I gave my servant to my husband.’ So she named the child Isacar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Leah said, ‘God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.’ So she named him Issachar, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)