Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 35:2:

• Newari: “So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him — ‘Throw away the foreign idols that you have with you, and, having purified yourselves, put on other clothing.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So Jacob said to his household and to all his companions, ‘[You (pl.)] throw-away your (pl.) little-gods. [You (pl.)] be-cleaned and change clothes as a symbol of a new and clean life.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, ‘Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 35:3:

• Newari: “Leaving this place, we are now about to go to Bethel. There I will build an altar for God who has been with me wherever I have gone and who has helped me [when I was] in danger.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then let- us (incl.) -go to Betel; and I will-build/[lit. make] an altar there for the God who has-helped me when I was in trouble, and went-with me wherever I have-gone.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 35:4:

• Newari: “Then everyone gave Jacob all the idols and ear ornaments that they had. Then everyone gave Jacob all the idols and ear ornaments that they had. He buried it all under an oak tree that was near Shechem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So they gave their little-gods/false-gods to Jacob as-well-as their earrings which they used as amulets. Jacob buried all of these under the oak/[terebinto] treenear Shekem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem town.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 35:5:

• Newari: “After they went from there God covered the surrounding cities with cold fear. So no one was able to pursue Jacob and his people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Jacob and-company were- now -leaving, God caused- the people in the surrounding cities -to-become-afraid, so they did- not -pursue Jacob and-company.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family, so that they did not pursue and attack them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 35:6:

• Newari: “Jacob arriving with his people, came to a place called Luz in the land of Canaan. Nowdays this place is called Bethel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jacob and his companions arrived at Luz (also being-called Betel) there in Canaan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 35:7:

• Newari: “There he built an altar. He named that place El-bethel. For God had met him there when he ran away in fear of his elder brother.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He built/[lit. made] an altar there. He named that place El Betel for God appeared to him there when he was-fleeing from his sibling/(brother) Esau.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, which means ‘God of Bethel’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 35:8:

• Newari: “There Rebekah’s wet nurse, Deborah died. She was buried under an oak tree that was just below Bethel. So that place was named Allon-bacuth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, Debora the one-who-had-taken-care of Rebeka died. So she was-buried under the oak/[terebinto] tree there below Betel. That tree was-called Alon Bacut.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, which means ‘oak of weeping’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 35:9:

• Newari: “After Jacob came to Paddan-aram, God came and appeared to him once more and blessed him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Jacob was-coming-home at-that-time from Padan Aram, God again appeared to him and blessed him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)