Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 11:30:
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon there-were-no children of plural Abram, because his spouse was childless.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Sarai was a barren woman. She had no children.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Sarai was- not -able-to-have-children because she was barren.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Sarai was unable to bear any children.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 11:31:
- Kankanaey: “On one-occasion, Tera called his child Abram and his grandchild Lot the child of Haran and his child-in-law Sarai the spouse of Abram, and they left Ur which was part of Babilonia so-that they would go (unfulfilled expectation) to Canaan. But when they arrived at Haran, they resided there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Terah left Ur, the city of the Chaldeans to go towards Canaan, taking his son, Abraham, his own son Haran, his grandson, Lot and his daughter-in-law Sarai, Abram’s wife. But having arrived in the city of Haran, they stayed there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Tera left Ur which (was) under-the-jurisdiction of the Chaldeans. With him was his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai, and his grandson Lot who (was) the son of Haran. They would-have gone to Canaan, but when they arrived at Haran they just stayed/[lit. lived] there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Terah decided to leave Ur and go to live in Canaan land. So he took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Abram’s wife Sarai with him. But instead of going to Canaan, they stopped at Haran town and lived there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 11:32:
- Kankanaey: “And that is the town where- Tera -died when he was 205 years old (lit. yeared 205).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “But when Terah was 205 years old, he died there [lit.: no longer existed].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There Tera died at the age of 205.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:1:
- Kankanaey: “There-was one day, God said to Abram, ‘Leave your (sing.) town/country and your (sing.) relatives so-that you (sing.) will go to the town/country that I will teach/point-out to you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD said to Abram — ‘Leaving the land [where] you were born and the house of your father and your affinal kin, go to a land that I will show you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, the LORD said to Abram, ‘Leave your nation, your relatives, and the family of your father, and go to the place that I will-show to you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh said to Abram, ‘Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father’s clan and his family. Go to a land that I will show you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:2:
- Kankanaey: “I-will-cause-to-become-many in-the-future your (sing.) descendants so-that they will become an honored and strong nation. I will also bless you (sing.) with all benefits, and your (sing.) name will be reported/newsed on this earth so-that you (sing.) also will be the source of the blessing of others.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “From you I will make a great nation. I will give blessing to you. I will make you a famous man. And from you I will cause blessing to be given to others.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-make your descendants a famous/prominent nation. I will-bless you and your name will-become famous/prominent. Through you, many will-be-able-to-receive a blessing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become famous/highly esteemed. What I do for you will be a blessing to others.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:3:
- Kankanaey: “The one who does good to you (sing.), I will bless (him), but the one however who mocks/belittles you (sing.), I will punish. On-account-of you (sing.) moreover, the collective-people in all towns/countries will be blessed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “To those who give you blessing, I will also give blessing. To those who give you curses, I will also give curses. All ethnic groups living in the world will take blessing from you.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-bless those who bless you. But I will-curse those who curse you. I will-bless all the people-groups in the world through you.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will bless those who bless/ask God to do good things for you, and I will curse/ask God to punish those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:4:
- Kankanaey: “At the time-when- God -said that, seventy five were the years of Abram. He believed/obeyed what God commanded and departed from Haran.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Abram went to the place to which the LORD told him ‘Go!’. Lot also went with him. When Abram left Haran, he was completing 75 years.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So Abram left Haran and went to Canaan, according to what- the LORD -had-told him. Abram was 75 years of-age at-that-time. His nephew Lot went (with) him. He also brought his wife Sarai and all their wealth/properties and servants that they gathered at Haran. When they arrived in Canaan,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So Abram left Haran town, as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:5:
- Kankanaey: “He took-along his spouse Sarai and his nephew Lot and also all his slaves and his possessions/goods (includes animals) to go to Canaan. When they arrived there,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Taking Sarai his wife, Lot the son of his younger brother, and all the wealth and servants which he had in Haran, and went towards Canaan.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So Abram left Haran and went to Canaan, according to what- the LORD -had-told him. Abram was 75 years of-age at-that-time. His nephew Lot went (with) him. He also brought his wife Sarai and all their wealth/properties and servants that they gathered at Haran. When they arrived in Canaan,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran town, and they left there and went to Canaan land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
