Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:20:

• Newari: “Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean, not telling him that [he] was leaving his house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob deceived Laban the Arameanhon because he did- not -tell (him) that he is- now -leaving.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:21:

• Newari: “Taking with him all that he had gathered, he quickly escaped from there. And crossing over the Euphrates River, he went toward the hills of Gilead.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Jacob went, he brought all his possessions. He crossed the River Eufrates and headed to the mountains of Gilead.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:22:

• Newari: “Three days later Laban learned that Jacob had run away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Three days had-passed when Laban found-out/[lit. knew] that Jacob and-company had-fled.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:23:

• Newari: “So, taking his affinal kin, he went for seven days searching for Jacob, and he found him in the hills of Gilead.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore he pursued Jacob with his relatives for/[lit. inside-of] seven days. They caught-up-with Jacob and-company there in the mountains of Gilead.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:24:

• Newari: “That night God came to Laban in a dream and said — ‘Be careful. You are not to threaten Jacob in any way.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “That night, God appeared to Laban the Arameanhon in a dream. God said to him, ‘Do not harm Jacob.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, ‘When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all to him in an angry manner!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Newari: “When Laban found Jacob, he had set up his tent in the mountain of Gilead and was staying there. Laban and his affinal kin had also set up their tents there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob was-putting-up/[lit. causing-to-stand] his tent at-that-time in the mountains of Gilead when Laban caught-up-with him. And there also Laban and-company put-up their tents.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:26:

• Newari: “Laban said to Jacob — ‘Why have you tricked me and brought my daughters like those taken and brought in battle?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Laban said to Jacob, ‘Why did- you (sing.) -do this to me? Why did- you (sing.) -deceive me? You even brought my children as-if captives in war.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, ‘Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war!” (Source: Translation for Translators)