Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:14:

• Kankanaey: “‘Go see if nothing (reassurance particle) has happened to them and their animals-being-pastured. Then return to go tell me,’ said his father. And he saw- Jose -off (lit. caused- Jose -to-set-out) on the plain at Hebron to go to Sekem. When he arrived then at Sekem,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Israel said — ‘Go and see what your elder brothers and the sheep are doing, then come to tell me.’ Then he sent him from Hebron valley to Shechem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, Jacob said to Jose, ‘Your (sing.) siblings (are) there in Shekem watching-over the animals. [You (sing.)] go there and [you (sing.)] see if good is the situation of your (sing.) siblings and the animals. Then [you (sing.)] come-back and tell me.’ Jose replied, ‘Yes, father.’ So from the Valley of Hebron, Jose went to Shekem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob said, ‘Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.’ So Jacob sent Joseph from the valley where they were living, the valley where Hebron is located, to go north to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem city,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:15:

• Kankanaey: “a man saw-him wandering-around by the pastureland, and he said, ‘Who/What are you (sing.) looking-for?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “a man saw him wandering about and asked — ‘What are you looking for?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When he was- now there -wandering-around/[lit. going-around-and-around] in the field, there (was) a man who asked him what he was-looking-for.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, ‘Whom are you looking/searching for?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:16:

• Kankanaey: “‘I-am-looking-for my siblings who are pasturing their sheep and goats. Do you (sing.) know their location?’ Jose said answering.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He said — ‘I am looking for my elder brothers. Do you know where they are grazing [their] sheep?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He replied, ‘I am-looking-for my siblings. Do- you (sing.) -know where they are-causing-grazing?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Joseph replied, ‘I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:17:

• Kankanaey: “The man said in-turn, ‘They have emphatically already gone, but I overhead them say that they were going to Dotan.’ So then, Jose went-on-from-there to go to Dotan, and he came-upon his siblings there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “That man said — ‘They have already gone from here. I heard them crying out, saying that they would go toward Dothan.’ So Joseph also went to Dothan searching for his elder brothers. He found them there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The man said, ‘They are-not here anymore. I heard that they would-go as-it-was-said to Dotan.’ So Jose went-after (them) and he found/[lit. saw] them there in Dotan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The man replied, ‘They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan town.” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:18:

• Kankanaey: “When they saw- him approaching -from-a-distance, some (of them) agreed-together to kill-him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They saw him from a great distance. Then they laid plans to kill him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose was- still -far-away (when) his siblings saw him. And before/[lit. not yet] he arrived, they already planned to-kill him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:19:

• Kankanaey: “They said, ‘There-comes the one with many dreams.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They said to one another — ‘Look! Here comes the dreamer.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They said, ‘Here now the dreamer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They said to each other things like, ‘Here comes that dreamer!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:20:

• Kankanaey: “Let’s kill-him-now so-that we will then drop-him into a well. We can say that a fierce animal has killed-him. Then we will see if indeed what he dreamed comes-true.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Killing him, we will drop him in a well here. Then we will say that a wild animal killed and ate him. Then we will indeed see what becomes of his dreams.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Hurry, let- us (incl.) -kill him and then throw-(him) into one of these wells where water is stored. We (incl.) will- just -say that he was-killed by a ferocious animal. And let- us (incl.) -see if his dreams will-be-fulfilled.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “and ‘Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:21:

• Kankanaey: “When Ruben their older-sibling heard that plan of theirs, he forbade it saying, ‘Let’s not kill him (particle of strong disapproval)!” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Hearing this, Reuben tried to save him from their hands. He said — ‘It is not good to kill.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But when- Reuben -heard their plan, he tried to save Jose. He said, ‘Let- us (incl.) not -kill him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill Joseph. He said, ‘No, we should not kill him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)