Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 4:23:
- Kankanaey: “On one-occasion, Lamek called his two spouses and he said to them singing, ‘You my spouses Ada and Zilla, listen please to this that I’m going to sing. There is a young-man who injured me, and-so I killed (him) taking-revenge.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Lamech boasted to his wives, saying — ‘Ada and Zillah, hear my words. Wives of Lamech, hear what I have to say. I killed a man because he lifted his hand against me. A young man who wounded me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “One day back-then, Lamec said to his two wives, ‘Ada and Zila my wives, you (pl.) listen to me. I killed a young man for he hurt and wounded me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One day Lamech said to his two wives, ‘Adah and Zillah, listen carefully to what I am saying. A young man struck me and wounded me, so I killed him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 4:24:
- Kankanaey: “Cain, if someone kills him, he will-be-avenged with the lives of seven fellowmen, but I by-contrast, if they kill-me, seventy and seven will die. That’s definitely how-it-is.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “If one who kills Cain will suffer seven-fold revenge, one who kills Lamech will suffer seventy-seven-fold revenge.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If seven times is the pay-back to the person who will-kill Cain, 77 times [will-be] the pay-back to the man who will-kill me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said long ago that he would avenge and punish anyone who killed Cain seven times as much as he punished Cain for killing his younger brother. So if anyone tries to kill me, I will punish him 77 times as much as Yahweh punished Cain.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 4:25:
- Kankanaey: “When plural Adan gave-birth again to a male, his spouse said, ‘God has-given me a male child so-that there-will-be someone-to-take-the-place of Abel whom Cain killed.’ That being so, she named that child Set.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Once more Adam had intercourse with his wife. And she gave birth to a son. ‘In place of Abel whom Cain killed, God has given me another son.’ So saying, she named him Seth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Adan slept again with Eve, and Eve gave-birth to a male/(boy). She said, ‘God gave me again a male child/(son) as a substitute/replacement for Abel who was killed by Cain, so I will-name him Set.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Adam continued to have sex/sleep with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’, because, she said, ‘God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 4:26:
- Kankanaey: “When Set got-married and there-then their child was-born (lit. came-out), he named-him Enos. That time, that is when- people -began to use the name of God in their worshipping him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “A son was also born to Seth. He named him Enosh. From that time people began taking the name of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Sometime later, Set had also a male child/(son) whom he named Enosh. At the time of Enosh, the people started to call-on the name of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:1:
- Kankanaey: “Here is the list of the descendants of Adan.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Here is the list of the descendants of Adam — When God created man He made them closely resembling Himself.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is the written story about the family of Adan. When God created man, he made him to resemble him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Here is a list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humans, he caused them to be like him in many ways.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:2:
- Newari: “He made them man and woman. And He gave a blessing. He named them ‘man’.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He created man and woman, and he blessed them and called [them] ‘human.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He created one man and one woman. He blessed them, and on the day that he created them, he called them ‘human beings’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:3:
- Kankanaey: “When Adan yeared 130, a child of his that was just-like-him was-born (lit. came-out), and he named him Set.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Adam was 130 years old a son was born who was just like Adam. He named him Seth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When Adan was 130 years of age, his child who looked-like/resembled him was-born. He named him Set.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who grew up to be just like him. That was the son he named Seth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:4:
- Kankanaey: “Adan lived 800 years still and he had other children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that Adam lived 800 years. Within that [time] his other sons and daughters were also born.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After Set was-born, Adan lived 800 more years and his children increased-in-number even more.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 more years, and during those years he became the father of other sons and daughters.” (Source: Translation for Translators)