Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:48:

• Newari: “Laban said — ‘Today this rock heap is standing having been a witness between you and me. So its name is Galeed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Laban said, ‘These piled-up stones will-testify-to the agreement (between) the two of us.’ That is the reason why those piled-up (stones) were-named Galeed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Laban said to Jacob, ‘This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.’ That is why Jacob called it Galeed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:49:

• Newari: “Again he spoke — ‘May God watch us, even when we are separated from one another.’ So this rock was also called Mizpah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “That was- also -called Mizpa, because Laban yet said, ‘May the LORD watch-over us (incl.) in our parting-ways.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They also named the place Mizpah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, because Laban said, ‘We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, so that we do not try to harm each other.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:50:

• Newari: “Laban spoke once more — ‘If you slander my daughters and marry other women, even though no one is among us, be careful, God is your witness and mine.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “And if your treatment to my children is not good, or you (sing.) marry still others, remember that even if I do- not -know, there-is God who testifies-to our (incl.) agreement.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:51:

• Newari: “He said — ‘I have put here between you and me a rock pillar and a heap of stones.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Laban yet again spoke to Jacob, ‘Here is the piled-up stones and the stone which (is) a remembrance that will-testify-to our (incl.) agreement.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Laban also said to Jacob, ‘You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:52:

• Newari: “I will not come to harm you, by passing over this heap of stones and [this] pillar. And [it] is a witness saying that you will not come to harm me by passing over this heap of stones.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “These piled-up stones and the stone which (is) a remembrance is-the-one-that will-testify-to our (incl.) agreement that I am- not -to-go-beyond these piled-up stones in-order to-attack you (sing.), and you (sing.) also are- not -to-go-beyond these piled-up stones and the stone which (is) a remembrance in-order to attack me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:53:

• Newari: “May the God of my grandfather Nahor and of your grandfather Abraham do justice between us.’ So Jacob swore an oath in the name of God whom his father Isaac feared, that he would honor the boundary of the rock.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “May- the god of your grandfather Abraham and the god of my father Nahor, who are also the gods of their father Tera, -be the-one to-judge (between) the two of us (incl.).’ Then Jacob also swore to Laban in the name of God whom his father Isaac reveres/honors.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “We will ask the God whom your grandfather Abraham and his father Nahor worshiped to punish either one of us, if we harm the other one.’ So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:54:

• Newari: “So, offering a sacrifice on the top of the mountain there, Jacob fed a feast to his affinal kin. After eating and drinking they slept there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob offered an animal there on the mountain, and then he called his relatives to-eat. They slept there in-the-vicinity-of/on the mountain at-night.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:55:

• Newari: “Getting up early the next morning, Laban, kissing his grandchildren and daughters, gave them a blessing. Then, taking leave, went from there toward his home.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Very early the next day, Laban kissed and blessed his children and grandchildren, and he went home.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye and asked God to bless them. Then he and his men left them and returned home.” (Source: Translation for Translators)