Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:16:

• Newari: “All the wealth God has snatched from him is ours and our childrens’. You do like God has said.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “All the wealth that God has-taken-back from him and has-given to you (sing.)we (excl.) will-consider our inheritance and our children’s. Therefore obey what- God -has-said to you (sing.).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:17:

• Newari: “So Jacob, his children and wives got on camels.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Jacob prepared in-order to-go-home to Canaan, to the place of his father Isaac. He had- his children and wives -ride on camels. He brought his livestock and all his possessions which he had- gathered in Padan Aram.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:18:

• Newari: “And taking all the cattle and wealth he had gathered in Paddan-aram, he came out to go to his father Isaac’s place in the land of Canaan.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Jacob prepared in-order to-go-home to Canaan, to the place of his father Isaac. He had- his children and wives -ride on camels. He brought his livestock and all his possessions which he had- gathered in Padan Aram.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:19:

• Newari: “At that time Laban had been going to shear the sheep. When her father was not there, Rachel stole the idols that were in her father’s house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “It-so-happened at-that-time that Laban walked to shear his sheep, and while he was-not-there Raquel took the little-gods/false-gods of her father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the small wooden idols that were in her father’s tent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:20:

• Newari: “Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean, not telling him that [he] was leaving his house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob deceived Laban the Arameanhon because he did- not -tell (him) that he is- now -leaving.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:21:

• Newari: “Taking with him all that he had gathered, he quickly escaped from there. And crossing over the Euphrates River, he went toward the hills of Gilead.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Jacob went, he brought all his possessions. He crossed the River Eufrates and headed to the mountains of Gilead.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:22:

• Newari: “Three days later Laban learned that Jacob had run away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Three days had-passed when Laban found-out/[lit. knew] that Jacob and-company had-fled.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:23:

• Newari: “So, taking his affinal kin, he went for seven days searching for Jacob, and he found him in the hills of Gilead.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore he pursued Jacob with his relatives for/[lit. inside-of] seven days. They caught-up-with Jacob and-company there in the mountains of Gilead.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)