Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:1:

• Kankanaey: “Plural Jacob continued to reside in Canaan which was the country of his father back then.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jacob was living in the land of Canaan where his fathers were living.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob stayed to dwell/lived in Canaan, which (was) the-place-where- his father -had- also -lived previously.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:2:

• Kankanaey: “Here then is the story concerning what happened to his children and his grandchildren starting with what happened to Jose. When Jose yeared ten and seven, he was accompanying his siblings who were the children of Bilha and Zilpa the spouses of his father. They were the ones who took care of their sheep and goats. And there-was that which he reported-negatively to his father concerning what they were doing which was bad.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Here is the account of Jacob — When Joseph was 17 years old, he went to graze sheep with his elder brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah. One day he went to tell his father of the bad habits of his elder brothers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “And this is the story about the family of Jacob: When Jose was 17 years old, he was tending/[lit. watching] the animals with his siblings who (were) children of Bilha and Zilpa, the wives of his father. Jose told his father the bad (things) which his siblings had-done.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “This is/I will now tell you what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives. Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:3:

• Kankanaey: “As for Israel, Jose was the child he loved, because that’s who was born when he was already old. So then, there-was that which he caused-to-be-made which was a long (as a robe) and decorated garment and he gave-(it) to Jose.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Since [Joseph] had been born after [Israel] had become an old man, Israel loved Joseph more than [he loved] his other sons. He had a beautiful, wide, embroidered upper garment made for Joseph.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose (was) more beloved of Jacob than his other children, because he was already old when Jose was-born. So he had- a beautiful and long garment -sewn for Jose.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:4:

• Kankanaey: “When his siblings came-to-know that he was the one whom their father loved, they hated him, so always-angry is the way they conversed-with him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Because their father loved him more than them, his elder brothers hated him. They did not mix nicely with him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But when- the siblings of Jose -saw that he (was) more beloved of their father than they, they were-angry with Jose and they told him hurtful words/speech.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:5:

• Kankanaey: “On one-occasion, there-was something-that- Jose -dreamed and he related-it to his brothers” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Once Joseph had a dream. He told his dream to his elder brothers. His elder brothers hated him all the more.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now Jose dreamed. When- he -told his dream to his siblings, they became- even more extremely -angry with him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.” (Source: Translation for Translators)