Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:4:
- Newari: “So he sent to summon Rachel and Leah to the place where his cattle were.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So Jacob had- his wives Raquel and Lea -called there to the grazing-field of his animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:5:
- Newari: “He said to them — ‘Your father is no long like he was formerly. Nevertheless the God of my father has been with me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said to them, ‘I have-noticed that the treatment of your (pl.) father to me is different than in the-time-past. But the God of my father has- not -abandoned me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When they arrived, he said to them, ‘I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:6:
- Newari: “You certainly know that I have served my father as much as I was able.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (pl.) also know that I have-served your (pl.) father as-long-as my ability,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:7:
- Newari: “But your father cheated me [and] changed my wages ten times. God, however, did not allow him to harm me in any way.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “but he still deceived me. Ten times that he changed-again-and-again my wages. But God has- not -abandoned me to just be oppressed/mistreated by him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “but many times he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:8:
- Newari: “Your father said ‘As many as are spotted will be your wages,’ [and] the cattle all gave birth to spotted ones. He said, ‘As many as are striped will be your wages,’ [and] the cattle all gave birth to striped ones.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If Laban will-say that the spotted goats are my wages, all the young of the goats are also spotted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:9:
- Newari: “God has snatched all the cattle of your father and given [them] to me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “God has-taken the livestock/[lit. animals] of your (pl.) father and has-given (them) to me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:10:
- Newari: “‘Once in a dream at cattle mating time, I saw male goats mating with spotted and striped female goats.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jacob yet said, ‘When the time of the breeding of the animals, I dreamed. I saw that the male goats that were-mating with female goats were spotted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘ne time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I looked up and was surprised to see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:11:
- Newari: “In the dream the angel of God said to me — ‘Jacob!’ I answered, ‘Sir.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In my dream I was-called by an angel of God. He said, ‘Jacob!’ I replied to him” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
