Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 25:31:

• Kankanaey: “Whereupon Jacob said, ‘First turn-over to me your (sing.) authority/right as firstborn, then I will give- you (sing.) -some.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jacob said — ‘First give me your first [born] rights of the big son.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But Jacob replied, ‘I will-give you this if you will-give me your rights as older-one.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob said, ‘I will give you some if you sell me your birthright/the privileges you have because you are the firstborn son.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 25:32:

• Kankanaey: “‘Yes all-right, because it will have no use anyway if I die with hunger,’ Esau said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Esau said — ‘Being hungry to eat I am about to die, so what does that right do for me?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Esau said, ‘Okay, for what-will- I -do with those rights if I just die of hunger.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Esau replied, ‘Well, I am about to die from being so hungry. If I die now, my birthright will not benefit me./What good will my birthright be to me?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 25:33:

• Kankanaey: “Jacob then said, ‘You (sing.) swear then.’ So Esau swore turning-over his authority/right as firstborn to Jacob.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jacob said — ‘First of all the first turn, make the promise.’ Then he made the promise. In this way he sold his right as first-born son.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob replied, ‘If that is the case, [you (sing.)] swear first to me.’ So Esau swore that his rights as the older-one would now belong to Jacob.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob said, ‘Swear to/Solemnly promise me that you are giving me the privileges that you will have from being the firstborn son!’ So that is what Esau did. He sold his birthright to Jacob.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 25:34:

• Kankanaey: “And then Jacob gave (him) some bread and some of that red vegetable-viand. He ate, then he got-up and left. That’s how Esau caused-to-be-mocked/belittled the authority/right that ought-to-have-been his as firstborn.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jacob gave bread and lentil broth to Esau. Having eaten Esau went his way.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Jacob gave him bread and soup. After he ate and drank, he then walked-away. In that-which Esau did, he abandoned/rejected his rights as the older-one.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Jacob gave to Esau some bread and some stew made of lentils/beans. Esau ate and drank, and then he got up and left. By doing that, Esau showed that he was not interested in/did not value the privileges that would be his because of being the firstborn son.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:1:

• Kankanaey: “When that was so, there was a famine again in the country, not the famine previously in the time of Abraham. And-so Isaac went to the location of Abimelek who was king of the Filisteo at Gerar.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “After the famine that occurred in Abraham’s time, a famine happened there once again. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech, king of the Philistines.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “There was a famine/hunger that arrived in the place where Isaac was-living, besides that famine/hunger which had-arrived in the time of Abraham. Therefore Isaac went to Abimelec king of the Filistinhon in Gerar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Some time later there was a severe famine/scarcity of food there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went southeast to Gerar town, to talk to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:2:

• Kankanaey: “But God had-gone-ahead to appear (i.e., had appeared earlier) to Isaac and this is what he said, ‘Do not go to Egipto. Stay in the land that I say is the place-for-you-(sing.)-to-stay.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD came and appeared to him and said — ‘Do not go to the land of Egypt. Stay in the place that I tell [you to stay].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD appeared to him and said, ‘You do- not -go to Egipto; [you] remain/stay in the place that I will-point-out to you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “but Yahweh appeared to him and said, ‘Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:3:

• Kankanaey: “Stay in this land and I-will-be-present companioning you (sing.) and I will bless you (sing.). I will give all this land to you (sing.) and to your (sing.) descendants so-that I will fulfill my promise to your (sing.) father Abraham.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Stay right there. I will be with you and I will bless you. For I promised your father Abraham to give this land to you and your descendants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You just stay here for-a-while for I will-go-with you and bless. I will-give to you and to your descendants all this land. I will-fulfill what- I -have-promised to your father Abraham.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:4:

• Kankanaey: “I will cause-to-be-many your (sing.) descendants like the manyness of the stars in the sky and I will give to them all this land. The collective-people in all the nations will also be blessed because of those you (sing.) have-as-descendants.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Giving you many descendants like the stars in the heavens, I will give all this land to them. It will turn out that all who live in the world will take blessing from your descendants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will-increase/make-many your descendants as numerous as the stars in heaven, and I will-give to them all this land. And through them, I will-bless all the people-groups of the world.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of all nations on the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)