Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:8:

• Newari: “Your father said ‘As many as are spotted will be your wages,’ [and] the cattle all gave birth to spotted ones. He said, ‘As many as are striped will be your wages,’ [and] the cattle all gave birth to striped ones.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “If Laban will-say that the spotted goats are my wages, all the young of the goats are also spotted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:10:

• Newari: “‘Once in a dream at cattle mating time, I saw male goats mating with spotted and striped female goats.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob yet said, ‘When the time of the breeding of the animals, I dreamed. I saw that the male goats that were-mating with female goats were spotted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘ne time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I looked up and was surprised to see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:11:

• Newari: “In the dream the angel of God said to me — ‘Jacob!’ I answered, ‘Sir.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “In my dream I was-called by an angel of God. He said, ‘Jacob!’ I replied to him” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:12:

• Newari: “‘He said — ‘Look, all the goats that are mating are only spotted and striped. For I have seen all that Laban has done to you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “and he then said, ‘Look, all the male goats that are-mating with female goats are spotted. I have-done this because I have-seen everything that Laban is-doing to you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:13:

• Newari: “I am the God of Bethel, the place you made a promise by setting up a rock [and] pouring oil. Now leave this place [and] go back to the place where you were born.”” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I am the God who appeared to you (sing.) there at Betel, in the place where you (sing.) poured-out- oil -on the stone which you erected/[lit. caused-to-stand] as a remembrance. And there you (sing.) also swore to me. Now, [you (sing.)] get-ready and leave this place and go-home to the place where you (sing.) were born.’ ‘” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured olive oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.”” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:14:

• Newari: “Then Rachel and Leah said — ‘Now we no longer have any rights in our father’s house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Raquel and Lea replied to Jacob, ‘We (excl.) have nothing more to inherit from our (excl.) father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Rachel and Leah replied, ‘Our father will not give us anything more when he dies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:15:

• Newari: “Does he not deal with us like outsiders? He has not only sold us, he has even used up the money that was paid for us.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) are now different people in his sight. He sold us (excl.) and he has- now -finished spending our (excl.) price.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He treats us as though we were foreigners! Your working for him all these years was like a payment that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!” (Source: Translation for Translators)