Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:36:

• Newari: “Jacob became angry. And scolding Laban he said — ‘What evil have I done? What sin have I committed that you have pursued me like this?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob no-longer able-to-hold his anger, so he said to Laban, ‘What crime have- I -done? What really is my sin that you (sing.) have- [emphasis marker] -pursued/chased me?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, ‘What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:37:

• Newari: “You have looked at all my things. What things of your house have you found? Put it before me and your affinal kin. They will judge between you and me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now that you (sing.) have- now -searched all my possessions, so, have you (sing.) found what (is) yours? If there is (something), place (it) here in front so-that my relatives and your (sing.) relatives can-see, and they will-be-responsible now to-judge us (incl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:38:

• Newari: “I have lived with you for twenty years. Not one of your sheep or goats had a miscarriage! Nor did I eat a single one of your sheep or goats.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “In/[lit. inside of] the 20 years that I was there with you (pl.), not [emphasis marker] even once did- your goats and sheep -miscarry. And I did- not [emphasis marker] -slaughter your (sing.) male sheep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely. I have not killed and eaten any rams from your flocks.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:39:

• Newari: “Without bringing cattle killed by wild animals to you, I paid their price myself. Whether lost during the day or lost at night, you took replacements from me for all cattle.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I never brought to you (sing.) the livestock/animals that were-killed by fierce animals; I then just exchanged them. You (sing.) also had- me -pay-for the animals that were-stolen if (it was) day even yet the one stolen if (it was) night.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:40:

• Newari: “From the sunlight of the day and from the cold of the night, how exhausted my body was. As for sleep, it did not come to my eyes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “This was my situation: if (it was) day I suffered from the heat, and if (it was) night I suffered from the cold. And I always was deficient of sleep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:41:

• Newari: “For twenty years I lived in your house in this way. For fourteen years I worked in your place for your two daughters, and for six years [I] worked for your sheep and goats. You changed my wages ten times.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “For/[lit. inside-of] the 20 years of my staying with you (pl.), 14 [emphasis marker] years I served you (sing.) for your (sing.) two daughters. I served for six more [emphasis marker] years to tend/[lit. watch] your (sing.) livestock/animals. But what did- you (sing.) -do? Ten times you (sing.) changed-again-and-again my wages.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:42:

• Newari: “If the God of Abraham, whom my father Isaac feared [lit.: before whom my father Isaac was afraid], had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away with empty hands. God saw my trouble and [my] work, so last night [He] rebuked you.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Perhaps if the God whom my father Isaac reveres/honors, who is also the God of Abraham, had- not -been-with me, maybe you (sing.) would-have-sent- me -away empty-handed/[lit. with nothing whatever at-all to-bring]. But God saw my hardship and work/labor, so he rebuked you (sing.) last night.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands/owning nothing! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:43:

• Newari: “Laban said to Jacob — ‘These women are my daughters, These children are also my children. And this flock of sheep is also mine. As much as you see here is also all mine. But what can I do today for my daughters and their children?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Laban replied, ‘Those women (are) my children, and their children (are) my grandchildren. And those livestock (are) also mine. All that you (sing.) can-see are mine. But now, what more/yet can- I -do for/to/with my children and grandchildren?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Laban replied, ‘These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to?” (Source: Translation for Translators)