Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:17:

• Kankanaey: “The rain continued to rain-hard-and-rain-hard for forty days and nights while-meanwhile the water got-larger until the ark floated.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “For forty days the rain and flood kept coming. And the water rose [lit.: became high], the ship was borne [lit.: sent] upwards.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “(It) kept-on/continued raining on the earth for [lit. inside of] 40 days. The waters went-up until the ship floated.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It rained for 40 days and nights, and the flood increased. It flooded until the water lifted the boat above the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:18:

• Kankanaey: “The water continued to get-larger still and the ark was-floating-and-floating on the surface of the water.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The water became very high, the ship floated and floated.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “(It) kept-on/continued raining on the earth for [lit. inside of] 40 days. The waters went-up until the ship floated.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “As he water rose higher and higher, the boat floated on the surface of the water.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:19:

• Kankanaey: “Gradually all the highest mountains were submerged” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The water became higher and higher above the earth, and even covered the high mountains.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The waters went-high/went-up until all the tall mountains were-covered/being-superseded-in-height,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The water rose all over the earth until it covered all the mountains.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:20:

• Kankanaey: “until the depth of the water was more than four fathoms (distance-between-outstretched-arms) over those mountains.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The water became high, reaching 15 cubits above the mountains.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “and until the waters went-high/went-up even more for about more than 20 feet from the peak of the highest mountain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Even the highest mountains were covered by more than 20 feet/6 meters of water.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:21:

• Kankanaey: “And-so all the people and also all the animals and birds on this surface of the earth drowned.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “All living beings, the birds, the domesticated animals, the animals that live in the jungle, the ones that creep on the ground and the people all died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So all that had life died — the animals that fly, (ones-that) walk, (ones-that) crawl, and all the people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “As a result, every living creature on the surface of the earth died. That included birds and livestock and wild animals and other creatures that scurry across the ground, and all the people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:22:

• Kankanaey: “Even whatever was-breathing, it died,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “All the living beings living on earth that breathed died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Everything that lives on land died.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “On the land, everything that breathed/every living thing died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:23:

• Kankanaey: “because God punished them. The only-ones who were excluded, plural Noe and those that were-added-to/joined them in the ark.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD annihilated all the people, the domesticated animals, the animals that creep on the ground and the birds on the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “All the people and all the animals on the earth were-destroyed. Only Noe and his companions inside the ship did- not -die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “God destroyed every living creature: People and animals and creatures that scurry across the ground and birds. Only Noah and those who were in the boat with him remained alive.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 7:24:

• Kankanaey: “And the flood stayed-the-same on the earth for one-hundred and fifty days.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The earth remained full of water for 150 days.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The earth was-flooded for [lit. inside of] 150 days.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The flood remained like that on the earth for 150 days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)