Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:18:
- Kankanaey: “When Juda asked what she wanted to take/get, what she requested was the ring, belt and cane of Juda (without the proper name, the pronouns do not disambiguate his/her adequately). He gave those, and they slept-together and Tamar became-pregnant.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Judah said — ‘What shall I give you?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Juda asked, ‘What is the guarantee (that) you (sing.) want?’ Tamar replied, ‘Give to me your what-is-used-as-a-mark and its what-is-tied-to, as-well-as your (sing.) staff/walking-stick.’ So Juda gave them and he had-sex-together with Tamar. After that Tamar went-home, and she took the cover from her face and (she) put-on again the garment for widows. Later she became-pregnant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He replied, ‘What do you want me to give to you?’ She replied, ‘Give me the ring that has your name on it that is tied by a cord around your neck, and give me the walking stick that you are holding in your hand.’ So he gave them to her. Then he had sex with her, and she became pregnant.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:19:
- Kankanaey: “When Tamar went-home, she removed what she-had-used-to-cover/conceal her face and she again used the clothing of a widow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Coming back into the house, Tamar again put on the clothes of a widow.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Juda asked, ‘What is the guarantee (that) you (sing.) want?’ Tamar replied, ‘Give to me your what-is-used-as-a-mark and its what-is-tied-to, as-well-as your (sing.) staff/walking-stick.’ So Juda gave them and he had-sex-together with Tamar. After that Tamar went-home, and she took the cover from her face and (she) put-on again the garment for widows. Later she became-pregnant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “After she left, she took off the veil and put her widow’s clothes on again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:20:
- Kankanaey: “When Juda sent Hira to go give the goat and to get-back the ring, belt and cane, Tamar was not-there for him to find.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Judah gave a sheep to his friend Hira who lived in Adullam, saying that he should take back the security that he had left with the woman and bring it. Hira was not able to find that woman.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Not a-long-time-later, Juda had- the goat -sent by his friend Hirawho came-from-Adulam in-order to-get-back the things which he had-given to the woman as a guarantee, but he could- not -find her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Judah gave a young goat to his friend from Adullam, for him to take back to the woman, as he had promised. But his friend could not find the woman.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:21:
- Kankanaey: “Hira asked-information from the men at Enaim and he said, ‘Where is that prostitute (loan hostess) who was waiting at the entrance of the town?’ But they said, ‘There is emphatically no prostitute here.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “He asked the men who lived in Enaim — ‘Where is the prostitute who stays on the side of Enaim road?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Hira asked the ones of/from-Enaim (as-to) where was now the woman who sells her body, who was-sitting there beside the road. But the people replied, ‘There-is-no woman here who sells her body.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So he asked the men who lived there, ‘Where is the prostitute who was sitting by the road at Enaim?’ They replied, ‘There has never been a prostitute here!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:22:
- Kankanaey: “Therefore he returned to the location of Juda and said, ‘The woman was absolutely not-there for-me-to-find and the inhabitants there also said that there-was-no woman absolutely who had that kind of work there.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Hira went back and said to Judah — ‘I was not able to find that woman. The men who live in Enaim said that there had not been any prostitute there.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So Hira returned to Juda and said, ‘I did- not -find her. And the people said that there-is-not as-it-was-said a woman there who sells her body.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So he went back to Judah and said, ‘I did not find her. Furthermore, the men who live in that town said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.”” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:23:
- Kankanaey: “Then Juda said, ‘If that is so, just let-it-alone so-that what she took as a means-of-making-certain will be hers, because surely people will laugh-at-us. Never-mind because I certainly caused-to-be-escorted this goat offspring and she was not-there.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Judah said — ‘Let her keep those things. Otherwise it will become very embarrassing for us. I have indeed sent this sheep. You were not able to find her.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Juda said, ‘Just never-mind [those] things of mine with her, for maybe the people will-laugh at us (incl.) that we (incl.) continue to look for nothing. After all, I have-sent her this goat but you (sing.) did- not -find her there.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Judah said, ‘She can keep the things that I gave to her. If we continued to search for her, people would ridicule us. I tried to send this young goat to her, but you could not find her to give it to her.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:24:
- Kankanaey: “When three months then passed-by, someone caused-it-to-be-reported to Juda that Tamar was pregnant because she had been-immoral-with (someone). Juda thus commanded that they bring-out Tamar so-that they would burn-her.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Three months later Judah heard the report that his daughter-in-law Tamar had become pregnant, perhaps becoming like a prostitute. Then he said — ‘Bring her here and kill [her] by burning.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After three months, Juda was-told that his child-in-law Tamar sold her body and was- now in-fact -pregnant. So Juda said, ‘[You (pl.)] bring her out of the city and burn-(her).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “About three months later, someone told Judah, ‘Your daughter-in-law Tamar has become a prostitute and now she is pregnant!’ Judah said, ‘Drag her outside of the city and kill her by burning her!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 38:25:
- Kankanaey: “When they brought-out Tamar, there was that-which-she-caused-to-be-told to her parent-in-law saying, ‘The owner of this ring, belt and cane, that is the father of this fetus of mine. Identify please who is the owner of these.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When she had been found and was being brought, Tamar sent word to her father-in-law like this — ‘The one of whom these are is the one by whom I am pregnant. Do you know of whom this symbol, this string and this stick are?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But when- Tamar was- now -being-brought, there-was someone she sent/[lit. commanded] to Juda to say, ‘Here (is) the what-is-used-as-a-mark and its what-is-tied-to, as-well-as the staff/walking-stick. The owner of these is the father of my being-pregnant-with. Recognize whose this (is)/[lit. for whom this].'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But as they were taking her outside of the city, she gave the ring and walking stick to someone, and told him to take them to Judah, and say to him, ‘The man who owns these things is the one who caused me to become pregnant.’ She also said to tell him, ‘Look at this ring, and the cord that is attached to it, and this walking stick. Whose are they?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)