Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:28:

• Newari: “You did not allow me to show love to my grandchildren or even to kiss my daughters. You have acted foolishly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) did- not even -let- me -kiss my grandchildren and children when they walked-(away). What you did is not at-all/[intensifier] good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left? What you have done was foolish!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:29:

• Newari: “I could even kill you. But last night the God of your father said to me — ‘Be careful. You are not to threaten Jacob in any way.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I truly would have a reason to harm you (sing.), however the God of your (sing.) father warned me last-night that I would not harm/do-anything-to you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:30:

• Newari: “Even though I understand that you have come out like this because you are eager to go to your father’s house, why have you stolen the idols of my house?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I knew that you (sing.) really longed-for your-(place), so you (sing.) (would)-want to-go-home now. But why did- you (sing.) -steal my little-gods?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my wooden idols?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Newari: “Jacob said to Laban — ‘I was afraid, thinking, that holding your daughters back, you would take them away from me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob replied to him, ‘I did- not -ask-permission from you (sing.) for I was-afraid that maybe you (sing.) would-force me that (you) take-back your children from me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob replied to Laban, saying, ‘I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that if I told you, you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:32:

• Newari: “Whoever has your idols, that person will have to die. In the presence of our affinal kin, having searched, take anything that I have of yours.’ Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But as about your (sing.) little-gods/false-gods which are-lost, if you (sing.) find them on anyone of us (excl.), he will-be-punished with death-(penalty). In-front-of our (incl.) relatives as witnesses, [you (sing.)] look if you have possession here with us (excl.) and if there are take-(it).’ Jacob did- not -know that in fact/[surprise particle] Raquel had-taken the little-gods/false-gods of Laban.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!’ When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:33:

• Newari: “Then Laban went into the tent of Jacob, Leah, and the two maid servants. He was not able to find anything there. Coming out of Leah’s tent he went inside Rachel’s tent.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So Laban searched for his little-gods/false-gods in the tent of Jacob, in the tent of Lea, and as-well-as the tent of the two female servants who (were) wives of Jacob. But he did- not -find his little-gods. When he came-out from the tent of Lea, he then went-inside to the tent of Raquel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:34:

• Newari: “Rachel, however, having put the idols of the house into the camel saddle, was sitting on it. No matter how much Laban searched inside the tent, he was not able to find [them].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But Raquel had- already -hid the little-gods/false-gods in a pocket of the cover on the camel, and she sat-on it. Laban searched-for the little-gods/false-gods there in the tent of Raquel but he could- not -find (them).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:35:

• Newari: “Rachel said to her father — ‘Do not be angry with me, father. Because I am menstruating [lit.: because I am not to be touched] it is not appropriate for me to stand up before you.’ So, no matter how much he searched, [he] was not able to find the idols of the house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Raquel said to him, ‘Father, [you (sing.)] do-not-be angry if I am- not -able-to-stand for (I) have my monthly-period.’ And continuing Laban searched but he was- not [emphasis marker] -able-to-find his little-gods.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Rachel said to her father, ‘Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence to show respect for you, because I am having my monthly menstrual period.’ So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the wooden idols.” (Source: Translation for Translators)