Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:15:

• Newari: “Leah said to her — ‘Isn’t it enough just taking my husband? Do [you] have to take my son’s mandrakes as well?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But Lea said, ‘Are you (sing.) not contented that you took my husband? And now you will- yet -take the mandragora of my child?’ Raquel said, ‘If you give me a mandragora I’ll have- Jacob -lay-together with you tonight.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Leah said to her, ‘No! It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband? Now are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, so that you can become pregnant!’ So Rachel said, ‘All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.’ So Leah agreed/gave her some.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:16:

• Newari: “That day at sundown, when he returned from the field, Leah went to him and said — ‘Today you have to sleep with me. I have hired [lit. borrowed] you with my son’s mandrake plant.’ So Jacob slept with her that day.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Jacob arrived from the field at twilight, Lea went-to-meet him and said, ‘You (sing.) must lay here with me tonight, because I have- already -paid Raquel for you with the mandragora which my son brought.’ So Jacob laid-together with Lea that night.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, ‘You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes that enable women to become pregnant, to pay her for allowing us to do that.’ So Jacob slept with her that night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:17:

• Newari: “God heard Leah’s prayer. And she gave birth to a fifth son.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “God answered the prayer of Lea and she became-pregnant. She gave-birth to a son her/[lit. their] fifth child with/of Jacob.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:18:

• Newari: “Leah said — ‘Because I handed over my maid servant to my husband, God has rewarded me.’ So she named him Issachar.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Lea said, ‘God has-rewarded me for I gave my servant to my husband.’ So she named the child Isacar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Leah said, ‘God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.’ So she named him Issachar, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:19:

• Newari: “Leah conceived again and gave birth to a sixth son.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Lea became-pregnant again and gave-birth to a son her/[lit. their] sixth child with/of Jacob.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:20:

• Newari: “Then Leah said — ‘God has given me a great reward. Now my husband will honor me, for I have given him six sons.’ So she named him Zebulun.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “She said, ‘God has-given me a very good gift. My husband will- now -honor me for I now have-given him six children who (are) all-without-exception males.’ So she named the child Zebulun.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Leah said, ‘God has given me a precious gift. This time/Now my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.’ So she named him Zebulon, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 30:21:

• Newari: “Some time later she gave birth to a daughter. She named her Dinah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Later on Lea gave-birth to a daughter and she named (her) Dina.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)