Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:12:

• Kankanaey: “There was one-occasion that the siblings of Jose went to Sekem to go pasture their animals there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “One day while Joseph’s elder brothers went to Shechem to graze sheep,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “One day back-then, the siblings of Jose went to Shekem in-order to-watch-over the animals of their father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:13:

• Kankanaey: “Jacob said to Jose, ‘I want you (sing.) to go to Sekem where- your (sing.) older-siblings -are-pasturing the sheep and goats.’ ‘Yes indeed,’ he said answering.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Israel said to him — ‘Your elder brothers have gone to Shechem to graze sheep. You go there.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, Jacob said to Jose, ‘Your (sing.) siblings (are) there in Shekem watching-over the animals. [You (sing.)] go there and [you (sing.)] see if good is the situation of your (sing.) siblings and the animals. Then [you (sing.)] come-back and tell me.’ Jose replied, ‘Yes, father.’ So from the Valley of Hebron, Jose went to Shekem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, ‘Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem. I am going to send you there to see them.’ Joseph replied, ‘Okay.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:14:

• Kankanaey: “‘Go see if nothing (reassurance particle) has happened to them and their animals-being-pastured. Then return to go tell me,’ said his father. And he saw- Jose -off (lit. caused- Jose -to-set-out) on the plain at Hebron to go to Sekem. When he arrived then at Sekem,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Israel said — ‘Go and see what your elder brothers and the sheep are doing, then come to tell me.’ Then he sent him from Hebron valley to Shechem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, Jacob said to Jose, ‘Your (sing.) siblings (are) there in Shekem watching-over the animals. [You (sing.)] go there and [you (sing.)] see if good is the situation of your (sing.) siblings and the animals. Then [you (sing.)] come-back and tell me.’ Jose replied, ‘Yes, father.’ So from the Valley of Hebron, Jose went to Shekem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Jacob said, ‘Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.’ So Jacob sent Joseph from the valley where they were living, the valley where Hebron is located, to go north to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem city,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:15:

• Kankanaey: “a man saw-him wandering-around by the pastureland, and he said, ‘Who/What are you (sing.) looking-for?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “a man saw him wandering about and asked — ‘What are you looking for?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When he was- now there -wandering-around/[lit. going-around-and-around] in the field, there (was) a man who asked him what he was-looking-for.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, ‘Whom are you looking/searching for?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:16:

• Kankanaey: “‘I-am-looking-for my siblings who are pasturing their sheep and goats. Do you (sing.) know their location?’ Jose said answering.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He said — ‘I am looking for my elder brothers. Do you know where they are grazing [their] sheep?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He replied, ‘I am-looking-for my siblings. Do- you (sing.) -know where they are-causing-grazing?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Joseph replied, ‘I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:17:

• Kankanaey: “The man said in-turn, ‘They have emphatically already gone, but I overhead them say that they were going to Dotan.’ So then, Jose went-on-from-there to go to Dotan, and he came-upon his siblings there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “That man said — ‘They have already gone from here. I heard them crying out, saying that they would go toward Dothan.’ So Joseph also went to Dothan searching for his elder brothers. He found them there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The man said, ‘They are-not here anymore. I heard that they would-go as-it-was-said to Dotan.’ So Jose went-after (them) and he found/[lit. saw] them there in Dotan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The man replied, ‘They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan town.” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:18:

• Kankanaey: “When they saw- him approaching -from-a-distance, some (of them) agreed-together to kill-him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They saw him from a great distance. Then they laid plans to kill him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jose was- still -far-away (when) his siblings saw him. And before/[lit. not yet] he arrived, they already planned to-kill him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:19:

• Kankanaey: “They said, ‘There-comes the one with many dreams.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They said to one another — ‘Look! Here comes the dreamer.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They said, ‘Here now the dreamer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They said to each other things like, ‘Here comes that dreamer!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)