Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:8:

• Kankanaey: “‘You (sing.) Juda, your (sing.) siblings will honor and bow-face-down to you (sing.) and you (sing.) will choke the necks of your (sing.) enemies.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “‘Judah, your brothers will praise you, you have completely defeated your enemies, the sons of your father will bow down to you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘You (sing.) Juda, you (sing.) will-be-praised and respected by your (sing.) siblings/(brothers). You (sing.) will-defeat your (sing.) enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Judah, your older and younger brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat your enemies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:9:

• Kankanaey: “You-are-illustrated by a lion (loan layon) that kills what it catches then it returns to its hiding-place. You (sing.) are like a lion that stretches-out to lie-down and no one/nothing dares to disturb-it.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Judah is the child of a lion, and [he] has prospered in hunting, like a lion [he] has kneeled and lain down. Who would have the courage to rouse him?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) are-like a young lion that/[linker] after he has-looked for something-to-devour, he returns to his hiding-place and there lies-down. And no-one ever dares to disturb him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Judah is like a young lion that has returned to its den satisfied after eating the animals that it has killed. He is like a lion that lies down and stretches out after eating; no one would dare to disturb it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:10:

• Kankanaey: “The descendants of Juda will take-one-another’s-places to rule until one takes-the-place who is worthy to receive the taxes of the nations and they will obey him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The scepter will always be in the hand of Judah, his descendants will always reign. The nations will bring gifts to him, and they will come and pay reverence to him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) will-continue to rule, Juda. The rulers will-come-from your (sing.) descendants. So the nations will-give taxes to you (sing.) and they will-obey you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “There will always be a ruler from the descendants of Judah. Each one will hold a scepter/staff to show that he has authority as a king. He will do that until the one to whom the scepter belongs comes, the one to whom the nations will bring tribute and show that they will obey him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:11:

• Kankanaey: “He will tie-up his donkey at the base of the best grapes (ambiguous as to plant or fruit) and he will launder his clothes in the alcoholic-beverage of grapes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He will tie up his donkey to a good grape vine, and he will tie up the donkey’s child to a good branch. He has washed his clothes in grape wine, and he has washed his loose upper garment in grape juice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Your (sing.) land will-become abundant; so even if you (sing.) tie-up the donkey near-to the best grape plants, he will- not -eat it. And even if you (sing.) use-for-washing-clothes the drink this can- not -be-consumed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The grapevines of Judah’s descendants will produce grapes very abundantly. As a result, they will not object to tying their young donkeys to the grapevines in order that the donkeys can eat the leaves of the grapevines. Wine will be very plentiful, with the result that they could wash their cloaks in wine that is as red as blood.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:12:

• Kankanaey: “The color (kolor) of his eyes, it is better/nicer than the alcoholic-beverage of grapes. His teeth also, (they) are whiter than milk.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “His eyes sparkle more brightly than grape juice, his teeth seem whiter than milk.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore in excessive drinking of drink your (sing.) eyes will-become-red and in excessive drinking of milk your (sing.) teeth will-become-white.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Their eyes will be red because of drinking too much wine, but their teeth will be very white because of drinking much milk from the cows.” (Source: Translation for Translators)