Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:17:

• Newari: “If you do not agree to be circumcised, we will take our younger sister from here and go.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But if you (pl.) will- not -agree, we (excl.) will-take Dina and go.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But if you will not agree to being circumcised, we will take our sister and go back to our land.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:18:

• Newari: “Their words [lit.: matter] were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Hamor and Shekem saw that the condition that was-given-by the children of Jacob seemed good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:19:

• Newari: “Shechem was the most honored person in his family. Because he had fallen in love with Jacob’s daughter he was not slow to do this work.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So because of the great love of Shekem to Dina, he no longer wasted any time to fulfill what- the children of Jacob -had-said. Shekem was- the-most -respected in the household of his father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Shechem was very much in love with Jacob’s daughter, so he quickly agreed to do what they suggested.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:20:

• Newari: “So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the main gate of the city and spoke to the ones living in the city –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So he and his father/[lit. they with his father] then went there to the gate of the city and talked-together with the men of their city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Shechem went with Hamor to the meeting place near the city gate, and they spoke to the city leaders, saying,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:21:

• Newari: “‘These are good people. Keeping them here we will allow them to do business. There is still much room for them to live in our place. Then we will also be able to marry their daughters, we will also be able to give our daughters to them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They said, ‘These people (are) friendly. So we (incl.) will- just -let- them -stay here now and be-allowed to-do-business here. Anyway, this place of ours is also big. We (incl.) can-marry their young-ladies and they can- also -marry our (incl.) young-ladies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘These men are friendly toward us. We should let them live here and travel around (OR, buy and sell things) and if they find land that they want, they can buy it. There is plenty of land for them to live here. Our young men can marry their daughters, and their young men can marry our daughters.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:22:

• Newari: “They say they will be able to live as one people with us only if all the men living in our place get circumcised like their men [are].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But they will- only -agree to- live/settle with us (incl.) as one people if all our (incl.) men will- also -agree [linker] to-be-circumcised like them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But these men will agree to live among us and become one people-group with us only if all our males are circumcised, as they are.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:23:

• Newari: “If this happens will not all their cows, sheep and wealth be ours? So we should listen to what they have said, and keep them here.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “If they will-live/settle here now, surely all of their livestock and possessions will- also -become ours. So let- us (incl.) just -agree now to their condition so-that they will-settle with us.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But if we do that, just think! Their livestock and their possessions and their other animals will become ours! So we should agree to do what they suggest, and then they will live among us!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:24:

• Newari: “All who lived in the city listened to what Hamor and his son Shechem said. And all the men were circumcised.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “All the men of the city agreed to what Hamor and his child Shekem said. So all the men were-circumcised/[lit. were-caused-to-be-circumcised].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Shechem was the most respected person in his father’s household, so all the men who were there at the city gate agreed to what Hamor and Shechem suggested. So every male in the city was circumcised.” (Source: Translation for Translators)