Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:24:

• Newari: “But with the help of Jacob’s Almighty God, the shepherd and big rock of Israel, his bow [and] arrow will remain straight, and his upper arm will remain strong.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “but continuous will- also -be your shooting them. And your arm will-continue to-be-strong, because of the help of my Almighty God, the one-who-watches-over and refuge/hide-behind linkerstone/rock of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But they will hold their bows steady and their arms will remain strong, because of the power of my mighty God, because of Yahweh who guides and provides for me like a shepherd guides and provides for his sheep. The people of Israel will ask Yahweh to protect them, like people hide under a huge overhanging*rock to be protected.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:25:

• Newari: “This help will come to you from your father’s Almighty God. God will bless you by causing it to rain from heaven, by bringing currents of water from under the earth, and by giving [you] many descendants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He (is) the Almighty God of your ancestors who helps and blesses you. He will-bless/grace you with rain and water from the spring. He will-bless/grace you with many children and animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “God, the one whom I worship, will help your descendants. God Almighty will bless them by sending them rain from the sky and by giving them water from deep/far below the ground. He will give them many cattle and children (OR, and their cattle will have many offspring).” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:26:

• Newari: “The blessing of your father is greater than a mountain, greater that many many mountains. May all these blessings fall upon your head, for you are the chief of all your brothers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Now, I have so many blessings; (they are) more than the abundance of the ancient mountains/hills. May you receive these blessings, Jose — you who (are) over/greater-than your siblings/(brothers).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The blessings that I want God to give you are great ones. They are greater than the blessings that come from the eternal mountains, greater than the ones that come from the everlasting hills. Joseph, I pray that these blessings will be given to you/come upon your head, because you are the leader of your older brothers and younger brother.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:27:

• Newari: “Benjamin is a dangerous fox. In the morning he will eat the victims [he] has brought, and in the evening [he] will distribute the plunder [he] has brought.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘You (sing.) Benjamin, you (are) like a fierce dog that when day-time eats its victims, and when night-time divides-up the leftovers/[what is left].'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Benjamin, your descendants will be like vicious/fierce wolves: In the morning they will kill their enemies like a wolf devours its prey/the animals that it has killed, and in the evening they will divide among their warriors the spoils that they seized from their enemies.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:28:

• Newari: “These are the twelve tribes of Israel. These are the blessings that their father appropriately gave them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “These were the 12 children of Jacob which-came-from the tribes of Israel. And these (were) the parting-words [lit. left-behind] of Jacob to each one of them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were appropriate for him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:29:

• Newari: “Then Jacob commanded them — Soon, now, I will die and go to be with my ancestors. Bury me with my fathers and grandfathers in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Jacob left- his children -with-instructions. He said, ‘Soon I will- now -join my relatives who have now died. When that now happened, you bury me in the burial-place of my ancestors, there in the cave which (is) there at the farm of Efron the Hithanon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Jacob said to his sons, ‘I will soon die. Bury my body where some of my ancestors are buried, in the cave that is in the field that was bought from Ephron, who belonged to the Heth people-group.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:30:

• Newari: “This cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in the land of Canaan. Abraham managed to buy this cave near the field from the hand of Ephron the Hittite, thinking to bury dead bodies [there].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “That farm is there in Macpela, east of Mamre, which (is) part of Canaan. My grandfather Abraham bought that field from Efron in-order to-make a burial-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “That field is in the Machpelah area, east of Mamre town, in Canaan. My grandfather Abraham bought it from Ephron to use as a burial place.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:31:

• Newari: “There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried. There Isaac and his wife Rebekah are also buried. And there I also buried Leah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He was-buried there including my grandmother Sara and my father and mother which-is Isaac and Rebeka, and I also buried Lea there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “That is where they buried him and his wife Sarah. That is where they buried my father Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And that is where I buried my wife Leah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)