Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:10:

• Kankanaey: “That-there that Onan was doing was a sin in the viewpoint of God, therefore he also killed him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “This was not good in the LORD’s eyes. So He also killed him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “What Onan did was-bad/evil in the sight of the LORD, so he also killed him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh considered that what he did was wicked, so he caused him to die also.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:11:

• Kankanaey: “When that was so, Juda said to Tamar his child-in-law, ‘You (sing.) still go-home to the house of your (sing.) father, but don’t get-married-to (anyone) so-that you (sing.) will wait for Sela to grow-up (lit. get-big).’ He said that because he was worried lest Sela would also die like his older-sibling(s). And-so Tamar went-home to the house of her father and mother (lit. plural father).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Fearing that his other son Shelah [might] also die like his elder brothers, Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar — ‘Go to your maternal home and live [there] until my son Shelah is old enough to be married.’ So Tamar went and lived in her maternal home.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Juda said to Tamar his child-in-law, ‘[You (sing.)] go-home for-the-mean-time to your (sing.) father, and [you (sing.)] do- not -take-a-husband until Shela now becomes-a-young-man-of-marriage-age.’ Juda said that because he was-afraid that maybe Shela would- also -die like his siblings. So Tamar went-home for-the-mean-time to her father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, ‘Return to your father’s house, but do not marry anyone else. When my youngest son Shelah grows up, he can marry you.’ But Judah really did not want Shelah to marry her, because he was afraid that then Shelah would die too, just as his older brothers had died. So Tamar obeyed Judah and went back to live in her father’s house again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:12:

• Kankanaey: “When multiple-years passed-by, the child of Sua who was the spouse of Juda died. When the time of his-mourning-for his spouse was then finished, he climbed-uphill to Timna which was the place-where- they -cut-the-hair of his sheep. He and his friend Hira from-Adullam accompanied-one-another.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Many days later, Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, also died. When he had finished mourning he went to Timnah to care for the sheering of the sheep, taking along his friend Hira, who lived in Adullam.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Sometime later, the wife of Juda died. After his continual-mourning, he went to the shearers/[lit. the ones-who- cut-hair/whool] of his sheep there in Timnah. His companion who went there (was) his friend Hira who came-from-Adulam.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Several years later, Judah’s wife, who was the daughter of Shua, died. When the time of mourning for her was finished, Judah decided to go up to Timnah, to the place where his men were shearing his sheep/sheep were being sheared His friend Hiram, from Adullam, went with him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:13:

• Kankanaey: “When Tamar heard-reported that her parent-in-law had-gone to Timna so-that they would go haircut his sheep,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Tamar, having learned that her father-in-law was about to go to Timnah for sheep sheering, took off her widow’s clothes, covered her face with a shawl so as not to be recognized, and went and sat on the Enaim road located on the road going to Timnah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “There-was (someone who) told Tamar that her parent-in-law/(father-in-law) would-go to Timnah in-order-to shear his sheep there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Someone said to Tamar, ‘Your father-in-law is going to the fields near the city of Timnah to help the men who are shearing his sheep.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:14:

• Kankanaey: “she changed her clothes which were the clothes of a widow. She covered/wrapped her face and went to sit at the entrance of the town Enaim which was the road that went to Timna. She decided that, because she knew that Sela had already grown-up, but Juda had not yet caused-her-to-be-married to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “For she realized that even though Shela had become an adult, she had not yet had the chance to become his wife.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When- Tamar -heard that, she changed her garment for widows, and she covered her face with a veil. Then she sat down where there-is the gate of the townof Enaim, beside the road which (was) going-toward Timnah. Her plan (was) to-trick Juda because she noticed that she was- still not -caused-to-be-married to Shela even-though Shela (was) now a young-single-man/bachelor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “She realized that now Shelah was grown up, but Judah had not given her to him to be his wife. So she took off her widow’s clothes, and covered her head with a veil, so that people would not recognize her/know who she was. Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim town, which is on the road to Timnah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:15:

• Kankanaey: “When Juda saw her, he wrongly-thought that she was a prostitute (Eng. loan hostess), because she had covered/wrapped her face.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Seeing her, Judah thought that she was a prostitute because her face was covered up.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When- Juda -saw Tamar, he did- not -recognize her as his child-in-law for her face had a covering. He thought (that) she (was) a woman who sells her body. So he came-near to her beside the road and said, ‘Hurry, let- us (incl.) -lay-together.’ Tamar replied, ‘What will- you (sing.) -pay me to lay-together with you (sing.)?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When Judah came along and saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had covered her head like prostitutes often did (OR, and sat where prostitutes often sat).” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:16:

• Kankanaey: “And-so Juda approached her at the edge of the street and arranged that they would sleep-together, because he did not recognize that she (surprise particle) was his child-in-law. Then Tamar said, ‘What perhaps will you (sing.) give me so-that then we (dual) will sleep-together?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Since he did not recognize that she was his daughter-in-law, going near her he asked to sleep with her.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When- Juda -saw Tamar, he did- not -recognize her as his child-in-law for her face had a covering. He thought (that) she (was) a woman who sells her body. So he came-near to her beside the road and said, ‘Hurry, let- us (incl.) -lay-together.’ Tamar replied, ‘What will- you (sing.) -pay me to lay-together with you (sing.)?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, ‘Hey, let me have sex with you!’ She replied, ‘What will you give me for allowing you to have sex with me?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:17:

• Kankanaey: “Juda said, ‘I will send someone to give you (sing.) an offspring of my goats.’ Tamar answered then and said, ‘I want you (sing.) to give-me something-to-cause-to-be-certain that you (sing.) will give that.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Judah said — ‘I will give you a small sheep.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Juda said, ‘I will-give you (sing.) a goat from my animals.’ Tamar replied, ‘I will- agree if you (sing.) will-give me a guarantee/[lit. a certainty] until you (sing.) are-able-to-send the goat.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He replied, ‘I will send you a young goat from my flock of goats.’ She asked, ‘Will you give me something now for me to keep until you send the goat?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)